Life without the very basic necessities like water, food and electricity seems like a myth to the residents of America, and we all hope that we do not live to see a day when that happens to our country. For some unfortunate countries, however, the situation is not that massive of a myth rather these shortages are parts of the problems that the people of Venezuela face in their everyday lives. Right now, the country of 30 million people has become one of the worst examples that may be set for the people of the world to follow.
But arguments for the worst possible examples aside, the people of Venezuela might not have any fault to deserve that has come to them in the form of these crises where pretty much every necessity which is essential for a comfortable life has become a luxury to the average man residing in the country. Very similar is the situation at the residence of Gustavo Diaz, where because there is no power to drive the machinery, the food in the fridge is becoming spoilt, the microwave remains unused, and there is no television to entertain the people living in the house. Because of the same electricity blackouts that are imposed by the government, getting the water systems to work also becomes impossible on occasion.
The same crisis has also brought on a number of other challenges inclusive of the scarcity of food, medicine, electricity, toilet paper and just about every facility that proves useful in the everyday life. There are also a number of businesses which are running away to save their operations from the effects of the same crises and for the reason of the same trend, the situation becomes that much worse. The vice president of the chamber of commerce in Venezuela says that 85% of all the companies in the country have put off production to some extent. With no business and the resulting revenue to drive the country’s economy, the same economy seems to be falling into a state which is an even worse recession.
We had liked to think that we were living in a time when poverty does not necessarily have to translate into starvation, but the crisis that the country is facing in the current year has us thinking otherwise. The country is running out of food sufficient to feed its population, and the government has declared a state of ‘nutritional emergency’ nationwide.
As the situation becomes even worse, trouble seems to be attacking the country from all sides when even the airline like Lufthansa has cancelled the route which goes to Caracas in Venezuela. Despite the country being one of the major producers of oil in the whole world, the inflation resulting from the economic crisis has come up to a hundred and eighty percent only last year. The country, unfortunately, seems to stand at the brink of one of the worst droughts of the present times and the people are becoming more and more frustrated and are coming out on the streets to express their anger at the people who are in charge.
Because of all the same frustrations that people are left alone to face in their lives, the feelings of rage and helplessness are coming more and more to the forefront and these people are expressing their opinions wherever they would be heard by others like themselves; out on the streets. People are attacking the authorities, and these authorities are turning around to fight back the same way. The political unrest is making the situation worse yet if the declining businesses and the scared investors were not doing much to worsen the problems.
After looking into the situation of the country and what their people are going through in the present day and age, it seems pretty much like they have been left alone by the world to deal with their problems on their own, and this also includes our own country. What these people are facing, no one should have to go through and only the fear of the same troubles attacking us in the future should be just about enough to encourage us to lend a hand of assistance. We can only be as good as we can prove in the time of someone’s need. Let’s prove that we are deserving of the same respect.
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