Prices reflect the country we live in

16 days ago

A mas de una semana del incidente en mi país se ha podido ver aumento de precios en muchas cosas, no solo alimentos, en TODO, electrodomésticos, ropa, zapatos, en fin… Pensé que era mentira, pero lo tuve que ver con mis propios ojos, ya que no hace mucho compré comida a precios normales pero esta semana se volvieron locos todos y decidieron drogarse intensamente para poner nuevos precios a todo. No pude tomar muchas fotos porque si me veían haciéndolo me iban a llamar la atención, pero logré captar lo mas impresionante.

More than a week after the incident in my country, we have seen price increases in many things, not just food, but EVERYTHING: appliances, clothing, shoes, etc. I thought it was a lie, but I had to see it with my own eyes, since not long ago I bought food at normal prices, but this week everyone went crazy and decided to get high and set new prices for everything. I couldn't take many photos because if they saw me doing it, they would have called me out, but I managed to capture the most impressive ones.

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Jamás imagine ir a comprar carne y conseguir el kilo en $17, la carne (aunque ya había aumentado sin razón alguna anteriormente) no estaba tan incomparable, ya que costaba $8 el kg. Hoy, la realidad es esta y en otros lugares es PEOR ya que llega a los $20, me parece algo sumamente absurdo ¿Como haremos para sobrevivir ahora? Los huevos son lo mas barato ahora pero imagina comer huevo todos los días es un poco agotador o eso pienso yo.

I never imagined going to buy meat and paying $17 per kilo. Meat (although it had already increased in price for no reason previously) wasn't that incomparable, as it used to cost $8 per kilo. Today, this is the reality, and in other places it's WORSE, as it reaches $20. I find this extremely absurd. How are we going to survive now? Eggs are the cheapest thing now, but imagine eating eggs every day—it's a bit exhausting, or so I think.

Hoy iba decidida a comprar carne, pero en ese precio es absurdo, decidí buscar otras opciones y lo más económico eran las alas de pollo, pero evidentemente no había… Entonces termine eligiendo un pollo entero que… ¡Sí! Tambien subió de precio, aunque el aumento fue de un dólar, asi que sigue siendo mejor que comprar carne, al menos es un poco mas barato… El pollo que elegí me costo $12, demasiado costoso, pero era eso o no comprar nada para la semana…

Today I was determined to buy meat, but at that price it's absurd, so I decided to look for other options, and the cheapest were chicken wings, but obviously they didn't have any... So I ended up choosing a whole chicken that... Yes! It had also gone up in price, although the increase was only a dollar, so it's still better than buying meat, at least it's a little cheaper... The chicken I chose cost me $12, which is too expensive, but it was either that or not buying anything for the week...

Me sentía sumamente frustrada ni siquiera logré comprar todas las cosas que tenia en la lista porque no me alcanzo el dinero, prácticamente con estos precios debes elegir si comer carne o comprar arroz, pasta, y otras cosas que podrías comprar con $17. Tambien vi “ALIMENTO DE PERRO” me pareció gracioso e irónico que no veía este tipo de alimentos desde la crisis económica del 2017 y que en aquel entonces tuvimos que COMER eso para sobrevivir, me pregunto, ¿Pronto volveremos a lo mismo?

I felt extremely frustrated. I couldn't even buy everything on my list because I didn't have enough money. With these prices, you basically have to choose between eating meat or buying rice, pasta, and other things you could buy with $17. I also saw “DOG FOOD.” I found it funny and ironic that I hadn't seen this type of food since the economic crisis of 2017, when we had to EAT it to survive. I wonder, will we soon be back to the same thing?

Y si no fue suficiente con lo anterior, me dirijo a las frutas y verduras para ver si podía comprarle manzanas a mi hijo y resulta que el kilo de manzanas paso de estar en $5 a $12,31, si me costaba comprarle manzanas cuando costaba $5 el kilo, imagínense ahora mismo… INCOMPRABLE. Y asi muchas frutas y verduras, asi que eso de comer sano jamás pasara en este maldito país.

And if that wasn't enough, I went to the fruit and vegetable section to see if I could buy apples for my son, and it turns out that the price of apples went from $5 to $12.31 per kilo. If it was hard for me to buy apples when they cost $5 per kilo, imagine how hard it is now... UNAFFORDABLE. And so it is with many fruits and vegetables, so eating healthy will never happen in this damn country.

Hoy me siento deprimida, preocupada, angustiada, desesperada… Los que estamos en Venezuela estamos siempre a la expectativa que será el próximo paso, viendo las noticias y pensando en un futuro al cual no tenemos ni idea si llegaremos o si alguna vez pasara. Realmente no quiero opinar mucho de lo que esta pasando porque, bueno… Ya saben. Pero de una cosa si estoy segura y es que el país tiene que cambiar por completo, no solo el gobierno, las personas… Entre nosotros mismos nos destruimos y eso me quedo super claro ahora mismo viendo el desastre que estan haciendo con los precios y las tasas del dólar, etc. Cambiar una mentalidad tan mediocre que se ha venido cosechando desde hace 20 años no es una tarea para nada facil.

Today I feel depressed, worried, anxious, desperate... Those of us in Venezuela are always waiting to see what the next step will be, watching the news and thinking about a future that we have no idea if we will ever reach or if it will ever happen. I don't really want to say much about what is happening because, well... You know. But one thing I am sure of is that the country has to change completely, not just the government, but the people... We are destroying ourselves, and that is crystal clear to me right now, seeing the disaster they are creating with prices and dollar rates, etc. Changing such a mediocre mindset that has been cultivated for 20 years is not an easy task at all.

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@ponpase 71

16 days ago

Hi, thanks for sharing. It seems like the drastic price increases are making basic necessities difficult to afford. The same thing is happening in my area, especially a month ago during a natural disaster, when we had difficulty obtaining basic necessities.

This may reflect the economic crisis and the suffering of citizens, unstoppable by state policies, due to their stupidity and greed for their own interests.

Perhaps it's time for us to seriously consider changing the economic system and creating a better future, and encouraging people around us to understand sustainable economics like blockchain...

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