According to the Social Documentation and Analysis Center of the Venezuelan Federation of Teachers (CENDAS), during the first months of the year the accumulated inflation in the food sector reached 65.36%
Guayanese must spend at least $ 25 per week in the price of food, as collected by the equipment of Radio Fe y Alegría News In Guayana Ciudad, Bolívar state, after touring different supermarkets in the town.
Taking as a reference a list of products in which a kilo of cornmeal was included, a kilo of protein, a kilo of rice or pasta, a kilo of butter, a kilo of coffee, 500 grams of milk, half cardboard of eggs and a kilo of sugar, the average cost of a weekly market ranges from 25 to 27 dollars, depending on the shopping center and the brand of products.
This situation is not particular to the Caroní municipality. According to the Social Documentation and Analysis Center of the Venezuelan Federation of Teachers (CENDAS), during the first months of the year the accumulated inflation in the food sector reached 65.36%.
Also, this organization published the cost calculation of the basic food basket for the month of April, which was $ 503.73, which is equivalent to three times the minimum national income and more than 400 minimum wages.
“One cannot buy anything. One comes today and there is a price, tomorrow another price and so on. You have to look in several parts to see where it is cheaper and good. According to me, what goes up the most is the meat and the egg. Also the charcerter.
A dollar that continues to rise
For their part, other users say that this is part of the exchange dynamics, taking into account that the economy of the country moves with respect to the price of the dollar, which increased more than 12% only in the month of July.
“Everything is overvalued and labeling too expensive. A dollar is just a dollar, but we charge in bolivars. So a dollar is already 100 and Bolívar peak. It is not a dollar, it is more than 100 bolivars for us. A high cost of life that is attacking us. I do not have a monthly fixed expense, I buy what it reaches me for the moment. For my age, I took the rice and paste. It goes better, ”said Leyda Laya, buyer.
For Raúl Yegres, another consulted, the price of food is due to the increase in the dollar, which considers an obstacle given the daily price variation.
Regarding this, despite the fact that the administration of Nicolás Maduro took measures to eradicate all the pages that offered the price of the parallel dollar or black dollar in order to combat speculation, the reality is that even the change published by the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) increases its value daily.
“The economic dynamics that are carried through the currency that governs prices, the dollar, leads us to prices every day. Every day prices are different, each moment vary and that is the product of economic dynamics. To have a decent life, the Venezuelan must have three or four jobs. I spend in this supermarket between 10,000 and 12,000 weekly bolivars, like 50,000 bolivars per month,” The area.
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Susú and Cashea: savings methods preferred by the Guayanese
After consulting them how they do the money, users alleged that they look for forms of financing such as Cashea or savings methods such as playing Susú or Sam, in order to improve their economic liquidity.
“The Susú is a very good boom, except for it to be a disease. That is long ago, one knows that it will obtain a gain in some time and distribute the money for what you need and you can survive,” said Laya, interviewed mentioned above.
For his part, for Esperanza, Cashea has been an alternative, but said that if it is not used with responsibility, problems can be paid with the payment of quotas.
“Right now is Cashea, but I don’t like it too much. If you spend, you have to give and then pending what you owe. Right now I paid 8,000 bolivars. I don’t like it. I prefer to buy from a little and ready,” he said.
*Journalism in Venezuela is exercised in a hostile environment for the press with dozens of legal instruments arranged for the punishment of the word, especially the laws “against hatred”, “against fascism” and “against blockade.” This content was written taking into consideration the threats and limits that, consequently, have been imposed on the dissemination of information from within the country.
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