Venezuelans pass through green roads to get to Colombia

raquel.ramirezv (45)in #informationwar • 5 years ago

Hundreds of people crossed the border through the trails to come for food and medicine to Cúcuta and Villa del Rosario.

Venezuelans say: "we all come for food, there's nothing there!"

This is the answer given by almost all those who arrive at La Parada after having crossed two kilometers of track and crossing the four meters of channel in which the Táchira River is reduced.

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They charge between 2000 to 5000 Colombian pesos to be able to cross these roads to irregular groups. Colombian authorities raised a humanitarian corridor on Friday to guarantee their rights to people.

The closure of the border decreed by President Nicolás Maduro represented a deadly stab for the great majority of Venezuelans who depend on Colombia for medical treatment and food.
On the route from the Colombian side from where Venezuelans manage to cross the river to La Parada, dozens of informal vendors offer purgatives, ibuprofen and loratadine to instruments and probes for the treatment of breast cancer.

But as they entered, also in a smaller flow they returned with market packages to Venezuela.

What most concerns many of those who passed yesterday to Colombia, is the study of their children. In recent days they have not been able to attend classes, "because they are afraid to send them because of so much chaos that has occurred in recent days.

But there is also concern for the elderly who were coming to receive food in the house of step Divine Providence. Many of them, had to face long walks yesterday and the river, which fortunately is dry, because of getting to grow their level many would not have to come for the only two meals they receive a day.