Posted on 07/17/2016 4:13:25 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Almost 100,000 Venezuelans, some of whom drove through the night in caravans, crossed into Colombia over the weekend to hunt for food and medicine that are in short supply at home.
It was the second weekend in a row that Venezuela’s socialist government opened the long-closed border with Colombia, and by 6 a.m. Sunday, a line of would-be shoppers snaked through the entire town of San Antonio del Tachira. Some had traveled in chartered buses from cities 10 hours away.
Venezuela’s government closed all crossings a year ago to crack down on smuggling along the 1,378-mile (2,219 kilometer) border. It complained that speculators were causing shortages by buying up subsidized food and gasoline in Venezuela and taking them to Colombia, where they could be sold for far higher prices. But shortages have continued to mount in Venezuela amid triple-digit inflation, currency controls that have restricted imports and investment and the world oil price slump that caused a collapse in the oil revenues that fund government spending. …
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Isn’t socialism grand?
How long does it take for the Venezuelans to overthrow this totalitarian government? I would hope that it would not take nearly as long for us.
Socialism is so fantastic, they have to go shop in another country to survive.
Hmmmm.....coming to a city near you.......and all of us.
I think populations have different views of totalitarianism based on their history and heritage.
The US is one of the very few with a tradition of liberty.
Could be a boon for Colombian merchants, but how are they paying? With worthless paper?
Isn’t Communism beautiful??? Someone should supply many pictures of these starving people for backdrops at the Democrat National Convention....views of what Hillary has to offer...
Why the he11 do they go _back_?
Perhaps Sanders (or hillary, after she loses in Nov) will volunteer to lead Venezuela. We know either will do a great job for the people.
Haven’t heard much from Jimmy Carter and Sean Penn lately - guess they’re eating okay.
After 8 years of Hillary, Americans will be crossing Canadian border to acquire food and medicines.
Not with Trudeau Jr. in charge.
Looks like they've solved that problem.
Yes, forgot about the Trudeau Jr character. OK, then Mexican border?
not so much a peep or a picture on the nightly news
See, see you mean old capitalists! It's the price of oil responsible!
The AP has now upped the number from 100,000 to 123,000.
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