Dylan Baddour

Hundreds of desperate migrants are living in makeshift settlements near the Venezuelan border.

“Down with the government of Ivan Duque!” chanted a group of retirees as they marched in a river of people that flowed all day through central Bogota. “Down! Down! Down!”

“There isn’t much coca left in this area, but if the state doesn’t do what it promised, this place will be full of coca again.”

“This seriously damages the role of the opposition in Colombia and in Latin America”

“We left everything behind — family, work, our lives — just to start here from zero?”

“We are totally abandoned.”

“People will keep coming until Venezuela is left empty.”

“Things were already difficult. How much worse can they get?”

“I hope this doesn’t end in tragedy.”

“It’s not just the border anymore, but the whole country.”

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“Every day, more poor people arrive.”