12.3万委内瑞拉人跨过边境购买稀缺食品
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.
圣安东尼奥-委内瑞拉塔奇拉州（美联社）--周末，超过100000名委内瑞拉人到哥伦比亚寻找国内短缺的食物和药品，他们中有些人连夜驱车跟着商队前去。
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.
这是连续第二个周末，委内瑞拉的社会主义政府开放与哥伦比亚长期封闭的边界，星期日上午6点，潜在的顾客们排成长蛇阵，穿过圣安东尼奥德尔塔奇拉整个小镇。有些人租了车，从10小时车程外的城市赶来。
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.
委内瑞拉政府一年前关闭了所有边境口岸，以打击长达1378英里（2219公里）边境沿线的走私活动。政府抱怨说，正是因为投机者在委内瑞拉购买了补贴的食品和汽油，并将他们带到哥伦比亚高价出售造成的短缺。
