Supply crisis – 100 000. Venezuelans coincide in Colombia with food a – Süddeutsche.de

• Nearly 100 000 from Venezuela have crossed over the weekend the border into the neighboring country Colombia to stock up there with everyday items.
• The rush shows the extent of the still ongoing supply and economic crisis in the South American country.

Given the serious supply crisis in Venezuela nearly 100 000 citizens of the country have used a temporary opening of the border shopping in neighboring Colombia. People coincided weekend with food, medicine and daily necessities a. Since Saturday 98 000 people had been in the state of Norte de Santander, reported the newspaper El Tiempo .

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro had released the border crossing for a limited period on Saturday. Venezuelans were able to cross the two bridges to the neighboring country Colombia with an identity card. The Venezuelan National Guard and soldiers of both countries were deployed to control the crowd.

supply crisis in Venezuela still blatantly

The Rush shows the extent of the supply crisis in Venezuela. The country has been suffering for months under a severe economic crisis. In the supermarkets of the South American country’s lack of food and articles of daily use. People procured at the weekend in Colombia among others rice, sugar, flour, toilet paper and cooking oil.

At the same time go many Venezuelan hospitals generic medicines. The South American country is extremely dependent on its revenue from oil exports. Because of the low price of oil Venezuela has not enough foreign exchange to import raw materials and imported goods.

The socialist government of President Nicolás Maduro makes the crisis a instigated from abroad and business circles “economic war” responsible. According to the opposition and foreign observers, the government, however, has brought about the plight of a failed economic policy itself.

Already two weekends ago thousands Venezuelans had come for shopping to Colombia. The Venezuelan government had closed the border about a year ago. So they wanted to prevent the smuggling of subsidized products from Venezuela to Colombia and the penetration of armed groups. In early August, the foreign ministers of both countries now want to discuss the border situation

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