'Here there is a chance': Venezuela crisis triggers exodus to Colombia
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Up to 25,000 Venezuelans come to the sweltering border town of Cúcuta each day – many of them lugging empty suitcases to buy basic foodstuffs such as rice, flour and pasta that they cannot find back home.
A growing number, however, cross the border with no intention of turning back.
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Meanwhile, the country is plagued by hyperinflation (predicted to reach 1600% by the end of the year), plunging supplies of food and medicine, and spiraling rates of murder and malnutrition.
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The current wave reverses a previous wave of movement between the two countries: millions of Colombians headed to Venezuela in the 1970s and 80s.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/aug/05/here-there-is-a-chance-venezuela-crisis-triggers-exodus-to-colombia
