Venezuela without bread: 1 liter of oil only 1 cent, while 300 euro pasta

Arelis Torres, a 60 - year - old pensioner, went to the counter of a shop on the 72nd Street of Maracaio, Venezuela's second - largest city, and placed her golden ring at the top of the glass.

I'd like to sell this, please”, she tells an employee. He put the ring on a ladder to weigh it while Torres tried not to cry.

Her monthly income was not enough to buy food for her and her family.

This is the unfortunate reality for many of Venezuela's 30 million inhabitants, the VOX reports recently. The country is currently in the midst of a massive political and economic collapse that has left the population hungry and in urgent need of food.

Venezuela's inflation rates are currently the highest in the world, while it is the country that has the world's largest oil reserves and cheaper gasoline on the planet.

Venezuelas sell gold and silver chains, rings, earrings, including some belonging to their families for decades or generations so they can come out of the shop door just enough to eat, at least for a while.

There are three types of markets where people can buy food in Venezuela. There are government-owned stores offering food at a subsidised price, which makes them more affordable. These stores enforce strict rules.

Consumers can buy food only on a certain day of the week and often have to stand in rows for hours without any assurance that there will be no food left to buy. Another option is the private supermarket, which is more expensive and still faces the same problems of lack.

The last option is to buy food on the black market, a method CNN reported is anti-legal “and could be dangerous”. This option is also too expensive: Often, an article may cost about 15 times more than it would cost on government markets.

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