HANGING ON: Commuters ride on a cargo truck used for public transport in Valencia, Venezuela, on July 11. –Photo: REUTERS
HANGING ON: Commuters ride on a cargo truck used for public transport in Valencia, Venezuela, on July 11. –Photo: REUTERS

ON a recent afternoon, a crowd of hundreds massed on the pavement outside an exit from the subway in the central Venezuelan city of Valencia.

But when a flatbed truck previously used to transport water bottles pulled up nearby, a ruthless scramble kicked off with pregnant women, parents holding toddlers and elderly Venezuelans all jostling to get themselves aboard.

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Heartless during a pandemic

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Imbert: Teething problems ironed out

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Flow opens South centre

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