Life in Venezuela

Between the mismanagement of the country’s economy and the steep fall in oil prices, the government has a severe cash flow issue. Because of this, a goods shortage is at crisis level as the country dives deeper into chaos.

A lack of money has led to food shortages. Oftentimes, basic food supplies don’t get delivered to stores and when they do, they’re scarce. Venezuelans are left with no choice but to queue from the early hours of the morning before stores open in an attempt to get to the supplies before they run out.

My family has never been rich but we were middle class. We could go to the supermarket and buy whatever we wanted to. We could fill up two trolleys with no problem. It’s something that makes me really sad. To think that my grandmother has to queue all day just to buy chicken is just horrible.

People will kill you over anything. The crime is so terrible. Travelling on the buses is impossible because they will take stuff from you all the time. People would kill you for a phone or shoes. You need to be so paranoid on the streets.

Everything in this world is about privilege and where you were born.

It doesn’t matter whether you’re an incredible person, a good person, if you weren’t born in the right country you’re nothing and that makes me so sad.