By Anggy Polanco SAN ANTONIO, Venezuela (Reuters) – Thousands of Venezuelans were welcomed to Colombia by a military band early on Saturday morning as the two countries' borders were officially reopened after being closed by Venezuela a year ago. Some people had traveled across Venezuela to queue overnight hoping to cross to buy food and other basics that are in short supply in Venezuela, which is steeped in an economic crisis. “I came with my family to do some shopping because we can't find anything to eat,” said Wilmary Salcedo, a 17-year-old engineering student who had traveled some 500 miles from the central city of Maracay hoping for rice, sugar and cooking oil.
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Venezuelans cross reopened border to Colombia for food, medicine