Five hundred Venezuelan women storm Colombian border in search of food

Five hundred hungry Venezuelan women rushed across a bridge into Colombia in defiance of a year-long border closure in search of basic foods and commodities that have grown scarce at home due to a crippling economic crisis. The women, dressed mostly in white and coming from towns in western Tachira state, managed to break through a military cordon, across a bridge and into the northeastern Colombian city of Cucuta. One of the women told local media she had bought rice, sugar, flour, toilet paper and oil, all of which are hard to come by in Venezuela...
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