Venezuelans flood Brazil border in 36-hour grocery run


  • World
  • Wednesday, 10 Aug 2016

Men load boxes of food onto the back of a pick-up truck, after arriving from Brazil, in front of the bus terminal in Santa Elena de Uairen, Venezuela August 2, 2016. Picture taken August 2, 2016. REUTERS/William Urdaneta

PACARAIMA, Brazil (Reuters) - Government employee Jose Lara this month used some vacation days to take a long scenic bus ride through the verdant plateaus and sweeping savannas of southern Venezuela, but the trip was anything but a holiday.

It was a 36-hour grocery run.

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