委內瑞拉人涌入哥倫比亞購買食物和藥品
Thousands of Venezuelans streamed across the border into Colombia Sunday to purchase essential goods that have become impossible to find or purchase in their home country because of a severe economic crisis that has caused critical shortages.
Many drove hours to take advantage of the 12-hour opening of the border between Tachira, Venezuela and Cucuta, Colombia.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro closed the border last year for security reasons, but ordered Sunday's temporary lapse.
Venezuelans were able to stock up on items in Colombia that have become almost impossible to find or afford in Venezuela, like flour, oil, toilet paper, shampoo and medicines amid triple-digit inflation.
Last week, hundreds of Venezuelans illegally crossed into Colombia in search of basic goods.
The shortages are mainly blamed on the drop in oil revenues in Venezuela, a country that imports almost everything it consumes.成千上萬委內瑞拉人星期天通過邊界涌入哥倫比亞，購買生活必需品。他們無法在國內買到這些必需品，原因是委內瑞拉發生嚴重經濟危機，市場供應短缺。
有些人開車幾小時，就是爲了趕上委內瑞拉的塔奇拉和哥倫比亞的庫庫塔之間邊界開放12個小時。
委內瑞拉總統馬杜羅去年以安全爲理由關閉了與哥倫比亞之間的邊界，但是下令這個星期天臨時開放。
委內瑞拉人在哥倫比亞囤積在委內瑞拉幾乎已經買不到或者因爲通貨膨脹達到三位數而買不起的商品，比如麪粉、油、衛生紙、洗髮液和各類藥物。
上個星期，數以百計的委內瑞拉人非法進入哥倫比亞，尋找基本生活用品。
委內瑞拉市場供應短缺主要被歸咎於委內瑞拉石油收入下跌。這個國家幾乎所有消費品都依靠進口。
