By: Panorama digital
23-05-18.-“The old bargain offering everything for a buck is back. Yet, with an inflationary version: Everything costs Bs 1 million minimum", a buyer said at the flea market, surrounded by items he could not afford.
The groceries in Venezuela broke the barrier of the million bolivars (Approximately US $1): From a package of rice to soap for the laundry. The item nor the place matter now. Both open market on the streets, supermarkets and tables of the "Bachaqueros" (smugglers), any item is offerd above seven digit figures, above the national minimum wage.
Yesimar Guerrero went for groceries as usual. Nothing seemed to change in her routine: She strolled around the little markets in order to buy small amounts of her need. But yesterday she realized that the scenario had worsened: the precooked corn flour got it in 1 million bolivars, the package of rice from a brand that did not recognize also cost the same, the liter of oil saw it in Bs. 1,500 .000 and, to top it off, the egg carton in one million 400 thousand.
"You ought to be a millionaire to buy food right now. In our house we met and made a list of the products we are going to consume to buy them little by little. Half a kilo of rice, half a carton of eggs and the oil we will see, because everything costs an eye of the face, "said the housewife, in the central town of Maracaibo.The prices "hit" the pockets. The package of 1 kilogram of leavening flour is 1,400,000 bolivars, as "very cheap". One liter of milk was lost sight of: Bs. 1 million 400 thousand marks the bottle. The margarine has already risen to 1,500 thousand bolivars.With the purchase of only one of these products "dissolves" the current minimum wage, set at Bs. 1,000,000, after the recent 95% increase approved by President Nicolás Maduro at the beginning of the month.
The basket was also adjusted, taking it to 1 million 500 thousand Bolivars. This amount does not allow to purchase the "millionaire" products that make up the basic basket.
Even so, with both amounts a person could not afford more than 3 basic products for their food. The vegetables also made their leap. In the Santa Rosalia market in the state of Zulia, potatoes reached 900 thousand bolivars per kilogram. Tomatoes are costing Bs. 800 thousand per kilo, also that of cabbage and paprika. The most distant one million bolivars is the carrot, which was parked in Bs. 600 thousand.Even sauces, condiments and dressings are one step away from joining the "millionaire team." A bottle of tomato sauce is obtained up to Bs. 900 thousand bolivars, while that of marinade is seen in 700,000 bolivars.
Meanwhile, the molten cheese is seen on the shelves for Bs. 1 million 180 thousand.But household cleaning products soared. The half kilogram of soap powder to wash clothes ranges between one and a half million bolivars, while the packaging of 1 kg reaches Bs. 2 million 500 thousand."We will keep the clothes and the dirty house because it is an exaggeration how much it costs. I haven't been able to do the laundry for a week because I couldn't buy the detergent. I thought it would have been better to buy a panela soap but I was cold when I saw the price: 950 thousand bolivars", said Janica Salazar, who said that chlorine cost him his last week Bs. 700 thousand, as well as a liter of disinfectant.
Yesimar Guerrero went for groceries as usual. Nothing seemed to change in her routine: She strolled around the little markets in order to buy small amounts of her need. But yesterday she realized that the scenario had worsened: the precooked corn flour got it in 1 million bolivars, the package of rice from a brand that did not recognize also cost the same, the liter of oil saw it in Bs. 1,500 .000 and, to top it off, the egg carton in one million 400 thousand.
"You ought to be a millionaire to buy food right now. In our house we met and made a list of the products we are going to consume to buy them little by little. Half a kilo of rice, half a carton of eggs and the oil we will see, because everything costs an eye of the face, "said the housewife, in the central town of Maracaibo.The prices "hit" the pockets. The package of 1 kilogram of leavening flour is 1,400,000 bolivars, as "very cheap". One liter of milk was lost sight of: Bs. 1 million 400 thousand marks the bottle. The margarine has already risen to 1,500 thousand bolivars.With the purchase of only one of these products "dissolves" the current minimum wage, set at Bs. 1,000,000, after the recent 95% increase approved by President Nicolás Maduro at the beginning of the month.
The basket was also adjusted, taking it to 1 million 500 thousand Bolivars. This amount does not allow to purchase the "millionaire" products that make up the basic basket.
Even so, with both amounts a person could not afford more than 3 basic products for their food. The vegetables also made their leap. In the Santa Rosalia market in the state of Zulia, potatoes reached 900 thousand bolivars per kilogram. Tomatoes are costing Bs. 800 thousand per kilo, also that of cabbage and paprika. The most distant one million bolivars is the carrot, which was parked in Bs. 600 thousand.Even sauces, condiments and dressings are one step away from joining the "millionaire team." A bottle of tomato sauce is obtained up to Bs. 900 thousand bolivars, while that of marinade is seen in 700,000 bolivars.
Meanwhile, the molten cheese is seen on the shelves for Bs. 1 million 180 thousand.But household cleaning products soared. The half kilogram of soap powder to wash clothes ranges between one and a half million bolivars, while the packaging of 1 kg reaches Bs. 2 million 500 thousand."We will keep the clothes and the dirty house because it is an exaggeration how much it costs. I haven't been able to do the laundry for a week because I couldn't buy the detergent. I thought it would have been better to buy a panela soap but I was cold when I saw the price: 950 thousand bolivars", said Janica Salazar, who said that chlorine cost him his last week Bs. 700 thousand, as well as a liter of disinfectant.
Read the original article in Spanish, here: Golpe al bolsillo: todo en mínimo Bs. 1 millón
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