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Desperate housewives in Venezuela highlight plight of the people

(Vatican Radio) Hundreds of desperate housewives in Venezuela have marched across the Border into Venezuela in search of food to feed their families. Their gesture may appear insignificant but it is a stark example of desperation and defiance, as Venezuela`s economic crisis worsens still further.Listen to the report by James Blears: It was supposed to be bridge too far, but NOT for determined and resourceful Venezuelan housewives faced with empty refridgerators and hungry families.  Clad in white, they crossed the bridge linking the city of Urena with Cucuta in neighboring Colombia.  The Border has been closed for almost a year to combat the smuggling of subsidised Venezuelan goods into Colombia.  But the Venezuelan National Guard were no match for determined angry and insistent housewives. Many Venzuelans  quietly cross over the meandering frontier for precisely the same reason, but this was a "While  for Right"  action, right out...

(Vatican Radio) Hundreds of desperate housewives in Venezuela have marched across the Border into Venezuela in search of food to feed their families. 

Their gesture may appear insignificant but it is a stark example of desperation and defiance, as Venezuela`s economic crisis worsens still further.

Listen to the report by James Blears:

It was supposed to be bridge too far, but NOT for determined and resourceful Venezuelan housewives faced with empty refridgerators and hungry families.  
Clad in white, they crossed the bridge linking the city of Urena with Cucuta in neighboring Colombia.  

The Border has been closed for almost a year to combat the smuggling of subsidised Venezuelan goods into Colombia.  

But the Venezuelan National Guard were no match for determined angry and insistent housewives. 

Many Venzuelans  quietly cross over the meandering frontier for precisely the same reason, but this was a "While  for Right"  action, right out in the open for everyone to see, directly resulting from of Venezuela`s economic meltdow. 

President Nicolas Maduro blames artfully engineered economic sabotage for increasing and worsening acute shortages.  

But the more obvious reasdon can be found in Venezuela`s "One Horse" economic structure.  

Many goods and foodstuffs are imported rather than grown or produced. But now the international price of petroleum has plummeted,   singular reliance has led to an economic nosedive. 

This is the first but not last hunger march, providing food for thought as well as meals on the table. 

 

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