The bonus “against the economic war” that the administration of Nicolás Maduro grants to public employees, pensioners and retirees, leaves out many people of productive age, with temporary jobs, the unemployed, independent workers and even some elderly people who They are not pensioners or beneficiaries of the En Amor Mayor bonus
Talking about a bonus against the economic war, for many, is synonymous with a very small amount of money, which takes a long time to arrive and lasts little in their pockets. Depending on the group of beneficiaries to which it belongs, that is, public workers, retirees and pensioners of the Venezuelan Institute of Social Security (IVSS), the subsidy varies in amount, date of payment and level of utility that those who receive it can give it.
But what about those who are not part of the groups that receive the subsidy? What to expect when there are people who do not receive the benefit even though they are part of a public payroll?
Most of those excluded from the economic warfare bond are people who also work; young people, in productive ages, temporary workers who do not have a job and even less with a fixed income.
Others are informal, independent workers, and even civil servants and elderly people registered or not in the IVSS pension system or on the list of those who receive the “Amor Mayor” bonus.
Many consider that they should receive the war bond, since they are also workers and part of the national economy, although without any type of social protection in the present or in the future.
Furthermore, after being made official by the ruler Nicolás Maduro on Labor Day and publishing the decree in the Extraordinary Official Gazette No. 6,746 dated May 1, 2023.
However, the testimonies of beneficiaries of this economic contribution to whom, for various reasons, the money does not reach, expose the random nature of allocation that the Patria System has and with which leaves out many needy people who lack extra incomeeven if it is insufficient, given the high inflation and constant devaluation that the country is experiencing.
Ada Cristina, an 80-year-old housewife with a card from the Patria System, is a former beneficiary of various subsidies in another era. She assures that before (2020) the transfers she received were more consecutive, although they were just as insufficient to cover her minimum expenses.
«Previously, my mother received a Mother’s Day voucher, that of Amor Mayor, of Hogares de la Patria and the José Gregorio Mission. All you had to do was download the Patria application and scan the QR code that the Carnet de la Patria has for the vouchers to arrive,” says Tommy Uzcátegui, son of Ada Cristina.
He emphasizes that, “since the exclusive scanning system was implemented by the cell phones used by the street bosses or the personnel in charge of the sale and distribution of the CLAP boxes, my mother’s vouchers stopped arriving and to date It has not been possible for a single one to reach him.
productivity without bonus
Julia Pimentel worked in an entity attached to the Ministry of Education. After the possibility of a collective resignation, the manager of the area agreed to the delivery of a bonus for productivity.
“It was more or less $30 per fortnight, not counting the bonus against economic warfare, which I have never been able to receive because there is a problem with my data verification that they have not been able to solve,” he says.
After the announcement about the increase in the bonus against the economic war and the cestatickets made by Maduro on May 1, the productivity bonus that had been assigned to the staff of the educational office was eliminated without any kind of direct information, “because , according to, we no longer needed it due to the new guidelines given by the President, “says Pimentel.
On payroll day, Pimentel received 75 bolivars, which would be approximately three dollars at the official exchange rate.
«In that same moment I decided that the best thing was to resign. Now I’m worried about how I’m going to survive this month without being a burden. I feel overwhelmed because I am afraid that other opportunities will not present themselves to me soon and that I will have to live so limited.
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The consolation of the excluded
For those who are not part of the country’s public payrolls, consolation comes in the form of other subsidies, of less than $3, depending on the rate of the day.
With luck, this group can only aspire to receive—if they have a card, children and support a household—minor bonds such as Hogares de la Patria, Escolaridad, whose amounts are less than $3, according to the official rate of the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV). this Thursday, May 18.
For Dayana Linares, who cleans offices a few days a week and is a beneficiary of the 100% Schooling, Hogares de la Patria and Family Economy vouchers, “the stamped vouchers are useless, it is better to receive them the same day, because that’s how half They are useful, because when punched they are not enough for me at all».
He details that for each of these bonds he receives Bs 72, which is equivalent to $2.77, according to the official rate of the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) dated Thursday, May 18, 2023 of 25.90 Bs/$.
“The school voucher is enough for me to complete my daughter’s snack and the tickets for him to go to his school, but nothing more and it’s once a month. For everything, I get about Bs 200 the same day and that’s how it helps me to buy flour (for the arepas), cheese and tickets”, says Dayana.
He also receives the bonus for Mother’s Day, “which we are still waiting for and the one for Labor Day, which this year was 100 bolivars ($3.86).”
Until they turn 55, which is when they will be eligible to receive the En Amor Mayor bonus, those excluded from the war bond do not have any type of social protection for the future, even if they are of the necessary age, in some cases.
For her part, Maritza Gutiérrez, an informal trader, said that she normally collects two bonuses: Hogares de la Patria of $5.76 and one for disability (José Gregorio Hernández bonus) of $4.32.
“That makes a total of 10 dollars that I use to pay for public transport tickets,” the informal trader.
Regarding the war bond, account SuchWhich who, for being retired from Simón Rodríguez University, received hers on Friday, May 12 for the amount of Bs 770, which is equivalent to approximately $30.
«With the 30 dollars I went to the chiropedist; I bought bananas, bread, oil, and two packets of cornmeal. The other bonuses they pay are two dollars or less in value and importance. Sometimes they arrive, other times they don’t, it’s not a constant thing, it’s like a raffle”, points out Maritza.
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