54% of children in Venezuela are malnourished. Diabetes up 95% and hypertension up 92%
08/28/2017
THE STIMULUS @elestimulo
Caritas International is concerned about the deterioration of the humanitarian crisis in Venezuela and the strong impact it has on thousands of men, women and children and their survival capacity.
Suzanna Tkalec, humanitarian director for Caritas Internationalis, said Venezuela is facing an increasingly worse crisis with growing poverty, shortages of medicines and food, and alarming rates of child malnutrition.
The escalation of violence and poverty has forced thousands of Venezuelans to cross the border daily and flee to the neighboring country of Colombia, where they also live in terrible conditions.
"Most people do not have access to adequate food," said Tkalec, who visited Venezuela and Colombia in July to assess the situation.
"To buy the basic monthly basket one needs 12 base salaries. There is food in the shops, but prices are unaffordable for the vast majority. It is common to see people on the streets of Caracas rummaging in the trash to find something to eat. "
Tkalec says that Venezuela is barely producing 30% of the food it requires and rampant inflation is triggering prices to exorbitant levels, making it even harder for people to buy food for their families.
Caritas says that child malnutrition in parts of Venezuela has already reached crisis levels. With economies plummeting, shortages of food and medicines and rising prices, more than half of children under the age of five in areas monitored by Caritas are suffering some degree of malnutrition.
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http://elestimulo.com/blog/caritas-54-de-los-ninos-en-venezuela-tienen-deficiencias-nutricionales/
Must be those 4 day old financial sanctions on PDVSA debt that is causing all this malnutrition. According to Delcy Rodriguez (the head of the Chavista ANC), the USA is to blame for all of Venezuela's troubles.
