Monday, October 17, 2016

Booming business on Venezuela's 'wild' border


Puerto Santander, Colombia, on the Venezuelan border - Dicson has 1.4 million Venezuelan bolivars ($140,700) stuffed under the backseat of his car. Stacks upon stacks of cash are neatly sorted and tucked away, earned from the sales at his shop in Puerto Santander, a Colombian town on the Venezuelan border. The 47-year-old smiles as he covers up the cash with the seat, which had been hollowed out months ago to transport the money from his shop all the way to Cucuta, another city 60km away along the border with Venezuela. Dicson does this every day. More…

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