About it writes on Monday, July 11, the website of the TV channel «al Jazeera».
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has ordered the closure of border with Colombia in August last year under the pretext of combating smuggling and infiltration of militants. Last Sunday was open for 12 hours a pedestrian bridge linking the Venezuelan city of Tachira and the Colombian Cucuta.
According to the Director of the office of borders of Colombia, his country came flooding back during this time 35,000 Venezuelans, 25,000 of whom arrived in the first seven hours after opening.
Currently, Venezuela is experiencing a deep economic crisis amid falling world oil prices that devastated the stores and pharmacies.
Citizens are outraged and blame the humanitarian crisis of incompetent leadership of the country and state economy...
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Up to 35,000 Venezuelans entered Colombia to buy food and medicine after border crossing was temporarily opened, William Villamizar Laguado, governor of Colombia's Norte de Santander province, said...
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