Venezuela... I don't have much but you can have my votes.

These days it seems so much of the world's news outlets are just focused on the next foolish thing to be emoted from either the mouth, or thumbs of Donald J. Trump. To the effect where real and urgent news is completely ignored.

I have been following the utter collapse of the Venezuelan economy do to the dictatorship of Nicholås Maduro for several years now. Price controls, bad economic policy, and refusal to accept foreign aid, for fear of international meddling in his regimes power, have led to complete instability, and a famine that has been compared to the the great famine of China. Did you know the average Venezuelan has lost 19 pounds due to not having enough food to eat? But that was over a year ago, and things have only gotten worse ,not better.

published by the BBC

In fact I read a steemit article yesterday, referring to an increase in minimum wages that only lead to the immediate price inflation, of available food, by an exponential rate.

Published by Al Dîa News

So for the next four days at least. I will check in every three hours to steemit and give my votes to people whom live in Venezuela. Nobody deserves this human indignity, especially not at the hands of the government. My votes are not worth much...but at least some people who get them, will know that someone out there cares about what is happening to them.

Published by PBS

HANG IN THERE VENEZUELA

PLEASE CONSIDER GIVING YOUR VOTES TO A VENEZUELAN, AND PERHAPS reSTEEM this post to spread the word.

STEEMIANS HELP EACH OTHER OUT.

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Emily Couchie Barnett is a creative specialist and owner of House of Couchie, were she creates digital content and sells vintage clothing. When she isn't in her studio, you can find her working in film & television, producing fashion shows, baking bread or snuggling Sadie the Siamese cat.

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