JaimeSommers
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Curacao is about 40 miles from Venezuela. I have posted photographs of the Floating Venezuela Market in Punda. These wooden boats arrive every morning from villages on the coast of Venezuela. These boats are loaded with vegetables and produce. They line up along the canal in Punda, which is directly across from Otrobanda. I seriously doubt if these boats are carefully checked every morning.
I recall the photos you posted. They are known as "gypsy boats," correct? Found info, but not from an MSM source. Don't think I'm allowed to quote and post the link, but I think it's okay to summarize that these boats are neither regulated nor restricted and can sail in and out of Aruba and Curacao’s ports to sell produce and "other commodities" from nearby Colombia and Venezuela.