Saturday, September 12, 2015

Funny But Sad Realities in the Venezuela of 2015

Any addition to the article is welcomed!

It is much easier and sometimes cheaper to wipe your ass with a 2 bolivars bill than with toilet paper.

Apparently it costs 250 Bsf to print a 100 Bsf note.

Everyone walking with supermarket bags containing diapers on the street. There is no baby boom in the country, but that's just in case they decide to  have one.

You rarely or don't find McFries at McDonald's. They might be more expensive than the burger, if available. McYucas it is.

You always have to ask if they have bread in the bakery.

You can fill your car with gasoline for less than a cent of a dollar (dolartoday rate).

You can take the cheapest flight in the world - an internal round trip flight may cost less than 10$ (dolartoday rate).

A pack of condoms can cost above 750$ on the official rate.

Without a debit or credit card, you might need a pound of cash to pay in a restaurant.

There is a bottled water shortage because there is no plastic for bottles.

Venezuela is giving free oil to Cuba. Cuba imposes visa restrictions for Venezuelans.

Apparently Venezuela is importing gas and gasoil, despite being the country with the most proven petrol reserves,

PDVSA is burning millions of $ of leaking natural gas every day because, you know, Venezuela is an oil producing country, not a gas producer.


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