12.3萬委內瑞拉人跨過邊境購買稀缺食品
SAN ANTONIO DEL TACHIRA Venezuela (AP) — More than 100000 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.
聖安東尼奧-委內瑞拉塔奇拉州（美聯社）--週末，超過100000名委內瑞拉人到哥倫比亞尋找國內短缺的食物和藥品，他們中有些人連夜驅車跟着商隊前去。
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.
這是連續第二個週末，委內瑞拉的社會主義政府開放與哥倫比亞長期封閉的邊界，星期日上午6點，潛在的顧客們排成長蛇陣，穿過聖安東尼奧德爾塔奇拉整個小鎮。有些人租了車，從10小時車程外的城市趕來。
Venezuela's government closed all crossings a year ago to crack down on smuggling along the 1378-mile (2219 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.
委內瑞拉政府一年前關閉了所有邊境口岸，以打擊長達1378英里（2219公里）邊境沿線的走私活動。政府抱怨說，正是因爲投機者在委內瑞拉購買了補貼的食品和汽油，並將他們帶到哥倫比亞高價出售造成的短缺。
