Not Money, Venezuelan Residents Now Asked to Be Paid with Food

Venezuelased is at the end of a horn. The prolonged crisis makes citizens in the country more difficult to move and get daily needs.

The super-high inflation resulting in the value of the Venezuelan currency is now worthless. Finally, many Venezuelans now prefer to get a salary in the form of food after work.

Leonard Altamar one of them. The 41-year-old plumber is now only willing to work if the client orders his services to pay for it with food.

"I just finished fixing the dishwasher and I got paid spaghetti and a bit of meat.I've started getting paid like this since September 2017. At least my family can eat a bit,

The economic crisis in Venezuela has continued to peak in recent months. The formerly wealthy country must now be willing to face the inflation of 2,600 percent.

Hunger became a sight that can be found easily on the road. Altamar himself claimed to have lost eight pounds in just a few weeks. Her son often had to sleep without getting a decent meal before.

Not only Altamar, many people in Venezuela now prefer to work with food pay. There is also an electrician and carpenter who refuses to reveal his identity has been working for food for months.

"I have to adjust the conditions, usually before I ask my clients what they have in the kitchen, I now prefer to exchange services with food rather than money," he said.

Wheat flour, rice, vegetable oil, sugar, mayonnaise, soda and self-care items are some of the items hunted by workers. The value of these items now exceeds the money circulating in Venezuela.

Most professions ranging from domestic helpers, taxi drivers to professionals are willing to take part in job trends for food. This they do to avoid starvation and the prices of basic needs that continue to skyrocket.

Scavenged on the River

Venezuelans now have to make every effort to survive amid the worsening economic crisis. As a result, a number of young people in this once rich country did something very sad.

Some youth from Caracas were forced to scoop up valuables on the Guare River. The items sought include jewelry, precious metal pieces to various other valuable items.

"Working in Guare is not easy, if it's easy then everything will be finished fast, but if it's hard it's hard," said a young man named Angel Villanueva told Las Vegas Sun.

Portraits of young Venezuelans searching for treasure from garbage and eating from used food are a symbol of an increasingly severe economic crisis. Yet before falling in a crisis pit, Venezuela is one of the richest countries in the Americas.

However, poor management of natural resources and plummeting crude oil prices in the world make Venezuela mired in the economic crisis. As a result, more and more citizens of Venezuela who broke the charcoal in meeting their daily needs.

The daily scenery of the Guare River is predictable. Every morning and day always seen the youth scavenge valuable goods. If the goods sought successfully obtained they will exchange it for daily needs such as food and other basic commodities.

However, the search is more often not fruitful. All they get is wallowing in a dirty, cloudy river.