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Venezuela Shoppers Paying $700 for Condoms Amid High Rates of HIV, AIDS & Teen Pregnancies
Latin Post ^
| February 9, 2015
| By Jaclyn Diaz
Posted on 02/09/2015 4:06:10 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Trojan condoms now cost a month's wages for an average person in Venezuela. A box of 36 condoms can cost upwards of $755 for Venezuelans.
A long line in supermarkets for corn, milk and sugar has been customary for a few years in the country, and the skyrocketed price for common goods like condoms in the country stems from the flailing economy and the shortage of goods throughout the nation, according to a report by Bloomberg Business. Venezuelans are facing inflation of more than 60 percent, exacerbated by falling oil prices that have reduced the country's oil export earnings. Venezuela's foreign-currency earnings are from crude oil. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has responded to the economic crisis by cutting imports into the country.
The high cost of condoms in the country is especially concerning in Venezuela.
The nation is facing incredibly high teen pregnancy rates and the highest HIV/AIDs rates in Latin America. Venezuela has the third-fastest rate of HIV/Aids after Paraguay and Brazil. The World Bank puts teen pregnancy rates in the country at 83 per 1,000. Abortion is illegal in the country.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: communism; failure; marxism; socialism
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It's a good thing our borders are secure.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
I’m calling BS on this.
Keep your zipper up, Latinos, and this won’t happen.
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posted on
02/09/2015 4:08:20 PM PST
by
x1stcav
(Why does Eleanor Clift always look like her private parts are causing her acute pain?)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
02/09/2015 4:08:38 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(The question is Jeb Bush. The answer is NO!)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
How much is Vaseline? Just sayin’.
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posted on
02/09/2015 4:10:30 PM PST
by
King Moonracer
(Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.....)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
02/09/2015 4:10:46 PM PST
by
Veggie Todd
(The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Venezuela is falling apart and the reaction of their government is to make it worse and worse.
6
posted on
02/09/2015 4:11:30 PM PST
by
GeronL
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Sean Penn proposes "Condom Aid"
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posted on
02/09/2015 4:17:33 PM PST
by
mylife
To: Oldeconomybuyer
What else do they have to look forward too in them parts?
Imagine the power is out in a large metropolitan area...what happens 9 months later?
Now figure that in Venezuela, for the average person, the power is almost “always out” (what entertainment or diversions do they have?)...
Not trying to insigate an argument...just sayin’.
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posted on
02/09/2015 4:18:09 PM PST
by
SZonian
(Throwing our allegiances to political parties in the long run gave away our liberty.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
02/09/2015 4:19:32 PM PST
by
Not A Snowbird
(Win or Lose, Still a "12"!)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
02/09/2015 4:21:29 PM PST
by
Rocky
(The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those who speak it. George Orwel)
To: Oldeconomybuyer; GeronL; Slings and Arrows
At $20 apiece, I wonder how many latinos are washing them out and using them again...
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posted on
02/09/2015 4:22:16 PM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
I HATE condoms. Might as well not even do it, if you’re gonna put on one of those damn things.
I haven’t used one in years; probably since I was a teen. Having said that, my wife and I have lots of children. lol
(I’d rather have lots of wonderful kids and a life of great sex than to ruin it all by using those awful things)
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posted on
02/09/2015 4:23:20 PM PST
by
KoRn
(Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
To: a fool in paradise
something that was once common in this country too, by the way
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posted on
02/09/2015 4:24:19 PM PST
by
GeronL
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
02/09/2015 4:25:09 PM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
What are they getting for Viagra?
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posted on
02/09/2015 4:25:47 PM PST
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
In days of old,
When knights were bold,
and rubbers weren’t invented,
They tied a sock...
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posted on
02/09/2015 4:36:04 PM PST
by
Mr. K
(Palin/Cruz 2016 (for 16 years of conservative bliss))
To: Veggie Todd
Tallywacker, meet hand.
Yup - buffing the clown is safe and free.
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posted on
02/09/2015 4:46:01 PM PST
by
dainbramaged
(Get out of my country now)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
A tip for horny Venezuelans:
Sheep bladders. They were used a thousand years ago, in Scotland.
18
posted on
02/09/2015 5:45:59 PM PST
by
miserare
("Reverence for life--life of all kinds--is the first principle of civilization." ~~Schweitzer)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Some smart high school kid in NY or DC is going to load up on the free rubbers at school and make a quick trip to Caracas.
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posted on
02/09/2015 6:34:08 PM PST
by
VanShuyten
("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Do they not have sandwich bags there?
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posted on
02/09/2015 7:10:31 PM PST
by
Figment
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