A Day With the Buy-and-Flip Hustlers Who Rule in Venezuela

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They are called bachaqueros and they start their day at 2 a.m. They line up and sell everything, even their place in line.

Venezuela’s Only Booming Business: Buy and Flip at 1,000% Markup

They are called <em>bachaqueros</em> and they start their day at 2 a.m. They line up and sell everything, even their place in line.

They are called bachaqueros and they start their day at 3 a.m. They line up and sell everything, even their place in line.

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