Shortages in Venezuela - Wikipedia
On 9 February 2018, a group of United Nations Special Procedures and the Special Rapporteurs on food, health, adequate housing and extreme poverty issued a joint statement on Venezuela, declaring that much of its population was starving and going without in a situation that they do not believe will end. [24] .
Venezuelans struggling to afford food - even if they have access …
Mar 7, 2023 · Hunger is a familiar specter in Venezuela, which suffered years of hyperinflation in the second half of the last decade, as the government of President Nicolas Maduro printed money to pay its ...
Venezuela has a growing crisis of malnourished kids - NPR
Jan 11, 2022 · Venezuela's food crisis was largely brought on by its authoritarian socialist government, say political analysts. Unlike many other nations plagued by malnutrition,...
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela - UN World Food Programme …
The food security situation in Venezuela remains critical, with 15 percent of the total population (around 4 million people) urgently needing food assistance. A total of 40 percent of the population are experiencing moderate to severe food insecurity.
Venezuela’s Food Crisis Reaches a Breaking Point
Feb 22, 2019 · By the time Maduro took over, after Chávez’s death, Venezuela was on the verge of a crippling economic crisis. A plunge in oil prices precipitated the downfall and undercut Maduro’s capacity to...
Venezuela: An Analysis of the Food Security Situation in Venezuela
Sep 23, 2022 · The outlook for Venezuela's food security will hinge on a continued modest economic recovery, increased agricultural production, and growing agricultural imports to fill the production gap and to meet growing consumption.
Timeline: How the Crisis in Venezuela Unfolded | FRONTLINE
Venezuelans have faced severe food and medicine shortages due to an economy rocked by hyperinflation. Over 3 million Venezuelans have fled the country, most since 2015, according to the United...
Hunger, healthcare, and schools: Reasons to leave Venezuela …
Jun 25, 2024 · Food insecurity and the lack of basic services also compound the healthcare crisis. For instance, four in ten hospitals can’t feed paediatric patients under two, while water shortages fuel the spread of bacteria and hinder water-dependent treatments such as dialysis.
Venezuela crisis: Three in four in extreme poverty, study says - BBC
Sep 30, 2021 · Three in every four Venezuelans live in extreme poverty, a study has said, as a years-long severe economic crisis in the oil-rich nation continues. Researchers at Andrés Bello Catholic University...
Food Shortages At The Heart Of Venezuelan Economic And Political Crisis
May 21, 2017 · The country isn't producing enough food, doesn't have enough money to buy food, and the president is being obstructionist about receiving food aid. And so how are people getting by?