Desperate Argentines Cross Chile Border to Buy Essential Items
Desperate Argentines Cross Chile Border to Buy Essential Items
Published 12 October 2016 (14 hours 21 minutes ago)
Thousands of Argentines have had to wait up to 8 hours to cross the Chilean border to buy what they can not afford in their country because of inflation.
Life under new President Mauricio Marcri continues to get worse for Argentines
Skyrocketing inflation in Argentina has caused chaos at the border with Chile as thousands of people try to cross every weekend in order to buy all kind of items that sometimes cost three time less than in Argentina.
Last weekend there was a collapse at the Libertadores Tunnel, which crosses a part of the Andes mountain range that divides the two countries. Authorities say more than 27,000 people in about 7,500 cars caused a line of over 9 miles long from the Argentine side, forcing people to wait for up to 8 hours to cross the border when they normally do it in 30 minutes.
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