At least 700 people from Venezuela, exhausted by shortages of food, medicines and more in that country, have descended on the small Colombian village of Bayunca north of Cartagena looking for a better life. These families travel between the two countries, looking for the best opportunities available to them for jobs and subsistence. Matute said these families suffer because the Cartagena authorities will have nothing to do with them. Despite the situation, Loanny Chavez, a 33-year-old Venezuelan who arrived from the city of Maracaibo with his Colombian wife, commented on the difficult economic situation in his country. "Here at least you can get food," he said, and "people can afford their basic food supply with what they earn," while "in Venezuela, they can't."

Source: Fox News August 26, 2016 21:33 UTC