Venezuelan migrants stand in line to register their exit from Colombia before entering Ecuador at the Rumichaca International Bridge in Ecuador August 17, 2018. REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez
IPIALES, Colombia (Reuters) - Tears welled up in Gabriel Malavolta's eyes on Saturday as he realized his dream of a new life in Peru was over, at least for now.
The 50-year-old mechanic fled Venezuela three days ago. He had hoped to make the overland crossing into Ecuador and then on to Lima, saying the deepening economic crisis in his homeland had left him without the basic means of survival.
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