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In pictures: Venezuelans trade scrap metal to survive

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Venezuelans cross from their country through "Trochas" - illegal trails - near the Simon Bolivar International Bridge in Villa del Rosario, Norte de Santander, ColombiaImage source, AFP
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Venezuelans on "trochas" - illegal trails - near the Simon Bolivar International Bridge in Colombia

Struggling Venezuelans have resorted to trading scrap metal and plastic crates in an attempt to make ends meet.

Amid drastic food shortages and an economic crisis, crowds have forged trade routes along illegal tracks leading into neighbouring Colombia.

President Nicol谩s Maduro has said he will not allow aid to enter the country as it is a means for US intervention.

Juan Guaid贸, the head of Venezuela's National Assembly who has been recognised by the US and some other nations as interim president, has said almost 300,000 Venezuelans will die if aid does not arrive soon.

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