The economic crisis that has engulfed Venezuela under President Nicolás Maduro has set off a staggering exodus. Norma López, who crossed the border with a friend and nine small children, the youngest just 6 days old, in Cúcuta, Colombia, Feb 4, 2019. Venezuelan migrants walking from the border town of Cúcuta, Colombia to the large city of Bucaramanga, a route that includes a 12,000-foot mountain pass, Sept 11, 2018. The New York TimesHeartbroken, Pimentel explained that her mother had already left Venezuela, walking and hitching rides to Chile with hopes of sending money home. They had left Venezuela months before, but they said it was the miserable life they had encountered in Colombia that had spurred them to keep walking.

Source: bd News24 February 21, 2019 03:00 UTC