from reuters to the daily mirror dozens of stories repeating that the case here resembles syria and they're all hinged people of my own. they compared an economic crisis to civil war and genocide. in the news i mostly saw people leaving the country here i could see a few returning to venezuela even within a day. they import i mean they see. those humanity. based. on. you know. at the colombian border i experienced one of the many side effects of economic collapse but i learned nothing new about what caused it. surprisingly i found more answers in a town just forty kilometers east of san cristobal. hundreds of vehicles queued for gas stations. this was another official shortage caused by private. smugglers collaborating with local offices buying gas and other government subsidized commodities in colombia. taking advantage of that price controls contraband goods have become a lucrative business in neighboring colombia where these products can sell for prices at least ten times more it is estimated that almost forty percent of his food is illegally transported across the border. hiding food aw