Living In Caracas Venezuela
Life in Caracas
Postcards From a Land in Total Disarray
Years after pushing for a change in government, people are ignoring politics to survive
Nicolle Yapur
Elderly Venezuelans wake up in the middle of the night and rush into downtown Caracas to get in line.
Alex Vasquez
Brands you've never heard of are excellent bolivar-laundering tools.
Alex Vasquez
They're technically illegal and increasingly popular.
Patricia Laya
Of all the essentials, it is the most precious during the coronavirus pandemic.
Alex Vasquez
Lines start before midnight and break up well after dawn. Few make it to a pump.
Alex Vasquez
Venezuelans are sharing feelings and pills and screaming into mirrors.
Patricia Laya and Nicolle Yapur
Businesses and consumers stash away semi-illicit greenbacks.
Alex Vasquez
Stores are actually stocked with goods now that import and price controls have been loosened, just in time for el nino Jesus
Alex Vasquez
Even lawyers bum rides in Venezuela's capital, where options other than walking are scarce.
Patricia Laya
Gallows humor when the daily grind is so difficult and the future so bleak that crying is the only other option.
Andrew Rosati
People used to select the juiciest, and least dented, leaving the dregs behind. Now, they grab every last one.
Andrew Rosati
Greenbacks are keeping the country's consumer economy afloat.
Daniel Cancel
Andrew Rosati
Looking for love when it seems like everyone is leaving.
Alex Vasquez and Patricia Laya
Signs emerge that people are losing their fear of a regime that they believe has its days numbered.
Patricia Laya
Patricia Laya
"Street children" have long been a concern in the country, but there has never been as many.
Andrew Rosati
You have to know someone who knows someone who can connect you so you can make a deal.
Patricia Laya
Just 45 minutes from Caracas, the beach town vibes of La Guaira have been ruined by the country's economic nightmare.
Andrew Rosati
Everyone's leaving, making life harder for those left behind. Somber hugs and handshakes, or sometimes no farewells at all.
Andrew Rosati
This has to be the most egalitarian disaster the socialist government has managed to engineer yet.
Patricia Laya
It's banking madness in Venezuela, where something as simple as a fast-food meal can cost 20 million bolivars.
Patricia Laya
Venezuelans give up a symbol of their national identity and turn to local rum.
Noris Soto
No one really knows where they all came from, but Caracas is now teeming with exotic birds.
Fabiola Zerpa
They sneak into the cemetery in the dead of night to snatch the bronze plaques from tombstones.
Andrew Rosati
Noisy, smoggy commutes used to grind the city to a halt. Now, that daily headache would be a sign of better times.
Daniel Cancel
The craze is the result of hyperinflation mixed with free electricity.
Fabiola Zerpa
Making do in a crumbling economy by trading goods and services.
Noris Soto
Pharmacy shelves are bare, and black-market prices are sky-high. People are turning to antibiotics for pets.
Patricia Laya
Inflation's crazy, crime's horrible, but Caracas mostly just feels empty.
Patricia Laya
The price of a kilogram of ham is just too long.
Andrew Rosati
It's yet another frustration of living in an imploding economy.
Fabiola Zerpa
A twist of the radio dial reveals a grim reality.
Bloomberg News
The price of a café con leche serves as a unique inflation gauge.
Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/life-in-caracas-venezuela
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