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GatoGordo

(2,412 posts) Tue Jan 2, 2018, 02:24 PM Jan 2018

No gas. No buses. No medical care. A woman births in a donkey cart in Venezuela

Woman gave birth in a cart pulled by a donkey in Maracaibo
The journalist Laura Castellanos explained that due to the lack of transportation the young woman could not reach the hospital in time
THE NATIONAL WEB
JANUARY 02, 2018 07:43 AM | UPDATED ON JANUARY 02, 2018 11:12 AM

This Monday, January 1st, on the first day of the year 2018, once again the serious crisis in the health system of the country was evident.

A woman gave birth in a cart that was pulled by a donkey in Maracaibo, Zulia state.

The journalist Laura Castellanos reported through her Twitter account that the woman could not reach the hospital in time due to lack of transportation.

"He did not arrive on time, there was no transport and he arrived in a cart pulled by a donkey," the journalist wrote on the social network.

http://www.el-nacional.com/noticias/sociedad/mujer-pario-carreta-jalada-por-burro-maracaibo_217390

Spin this one, Chavista apologists?

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No gas. No buses. No medical care. A woman births in a donkey cart in Venezuela (Original Post) GatoGordo Jan 2018 OP

Too bad Chavez is dead. Turbineguy Jan 2018 #1

Yes. Protesting the past policies of a dead leader is strange. Fred Sanders Jan 2018 #2

The policies of El Finado means that Venezuelans live on $6.70 each month GatoGordo Jan 2018 #3

Turbineguy

(37,343 posts)

1. Too bad Chavez is dead.

Reply to GatoGordo (Original post)

Tue Jan 2, 2018, 02:27 PM

Jan 2018

Trump could have used his advice.

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)

2. Yes. Protesting the past policies of a dead leader is strange.

Reply to Turbineguy (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 2, 2018, 05:37 PM

Jan 2018

GatoGordo

(2,412 posts)

3. The policies of El Finado means that Venezuelans live on $6.70 each month

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 3, 2018, 11:34 AM

Jan 2018

Venezuela, the "richest" country in Latin America with the lowest salary in the region

In some countries of the region such as Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Uruguay, Bolivia and Chile, the average minimum salary for 2018 will be approximately $355.

https://elcooperante.com/venezuela-el-pais-rico-de-america-latina-con-el-salario-mas-bajo-de-la-region/

Something to celebrate? Starving people? People eating from garbage as the new normal?

Women giving birth on donkey carts because there are no buses or cabs in a major metropolitan area?

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