The long line that gathered this Thursday morning on Galiano Street was nurtured by women and men, young and old, despite the fact that the product they sold had a more restricted audience. In the place, a small kiosk a few meters from the Teatro América, they sold packages of sanitary pads for 50 pesos.
The queue was long, so several people, anticipating, brought their own seats from home, something increasingly common among those who wait in front of shops to be able to bring basic necessities to their homes. Of them, what appeared to be a complete family stood out.
To purchase sanitary pads, women must go to the black market or currency stores
The sale of intimates had not ended in the small establishment when in some windows and doors near the kiosk the resale of the same packages was already observed. Only three times more expensive, at 150 pesos.
The sale of sanitary pads in the network of stores in pesos is practically non-existent. To acquire them, women must go to the black market or foreign exchange stores, in both cases at exorbitant prices.
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