Venezuela’s consumer goods shortage now includes condoms
Quartz - Melvin Backman - 1/5/15
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Venezuelan shoppers have grown accustomed to waiting in huge lines to buy
even the most fundamental items, from milk to car batteries to laundry soap.
They are encountering shortages of McDonald’s fries. Now Bloomberg has spotted
importers charging $755 for a 40-count box of condoms on an auction website
(though you could probably save some money if you have access
to the country’s black market exchange rate).<snip>
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The country is so messed up that now we have to wait in line even to have sex,”
lamented Jonatan Montilla, a 31-year-old advertising company art director.
This is a new low.
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