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Mes shampanjës dhe mbeturinave, hendeku klasor në Venezuelën e gjunjëzuar

Elton Tafaruci

Në një kohë kur pjesa më e madhe e popullsisë në Venezuele është duke vuajtur një varfëri ekstreme, klasa e super të pasurve jeton mes luksit dhe festave mondane. ‘Chavismi’ e ka shkatëruar ekonominë e vendit. Ushqimet nëpër supermarkete sa vijnë dhe rrallohen, shtresa e mesme është zhdukur.

Në përpjekje për të mbijetuar njerëzit qëndrojnë me orë të tëra në rradhë për ndihma ushqimore. Rrugët e Karakasit janë të mbushura me lypës që kërkojnë për ushqim mes koshave të mbeturinave apo mbetjeve të restoranteve.

Mes tyre Vanesa, një grua e shkolluar e cila punon si ekonomiste shprehet e pashpresë për gjëndjen që po kalon vendi për Daily Mail. Me 14 pound që fitoj në muaj, nuk arrij të mbaj as veten dhe jo më familjen time. Të pasurit janë hajdutët që e kanë cuar vendin në këtë gjëndje.

Chaves pretendonte se ishte një socialist I madh, por ai ishte I pasur dhe hipokrit. Prej politikave të tij un dhe shum të tjerë detyrohemi të kërkojmë në mbeturina ccdo ditë . Presidenti Nicolas Maduro, është po aq i korruptuar sa parardhësi i tij, – ka përfunduar ajo me lot në sy.

Për 20 vjet më rradhë Chavismi, një formë autoritare e Socializmit e shkatërroi ekonominë. MIliarda pounds u zhdukën nga arka e shtetit prej nepotizmit, duke e kthyer Venezuelën në një nga vendet më të korruptuara në planet.

Të vetmin shpëtim shum familje e kanë parë emigrimin drejt Kolumbisë apo Shteteve të Bashkuara të Amerikës. Ndërkohë disa km më larg, ‘elita’ frekuenton klube si ai I Caracas Country Club ku vetëm anëtarësimi kushton 77.000 pound, 458 here më shumë se mesatarja e rrogës vjetore. Të zhytur mes ushqimit të bollshëm, pijeve të shtrenjta dhe festave luksoze ata shohin me mospërfillje sesi degradon pjesa tjetër e shoqërisë.

 

Exclusive: Against a backdrop of incredible luxury, rich Venezuelans enjoy lavish parties and tables groaning with gourmet food including a banquet of beef, lobster and champagne. Meanwhile the hospitals are so starved of funds they cannot afford toilet paper, let alone medicine

Bare shelves: The collapse of the socialist economy has left supermarket shelves empty as supply dries up, with people queueing for hours for basic supplies. Many members of the country's middle-classes are leaving for Colombia or the U.S. as food become increasingly scarce

Scavengers: Food shortages across Venezuela mean that ordinary middle-class families have been reduced to looking for scraps of food in the gutter and by the side of the road, such as this woman pictured in Caracas as police look on. Vanessa told MailOnline: 'Chavez's legacy is people like me looking for food in the garbage.'

Hunger: Food is now so scarce even the dogs are starving. MailOnline found this abandoned Weimaraner dog in the rural town of Tacaringua de Mamporal, Miranda state, so hungry its bones can be clearly seen. It was wearily trudging around the tree it had been chained too 

Glamorous: Inside the extravagant Caracas Country Club, in the Venezuelan capital, the rich and powerful quaff champagne and cocktails

Extravagant: Membership for the elitist club costs £77,000 a year - 458 times the average salary in Venezuela, which is in economic crisis

Dwindling supply: Supermarket shelves all over the country lie empty, despite the government's efforts to force shopkeepers to put everything they have on display

Hungry: This mother searches in vain for basic food stuffs in an empty supermarket in Caracas. Some desperate Venezuelans are resorting to bartering on social media to provide for their families, trading everything from flour and nappies to prescription drugs

Black market: While the supermarkets are practically empty of fresh food and basic supplies, as seen above in a Caracas supermarket, wealthier people are still able to source the best ingredients on Venezuela's thriving black market, however, where goods are sold for many times their original price

Price controls: In Venezuela, government supermarkets sell price-controlled food, making them far cheaper than private stores but it means they have little actual food to sell, and people are allowed in only with ID cards to try to prevent hoarding and resale on the black market

Supply crisis: There is burning anger over food shortages in Venezuela, which has been stoked by the complex rules imposed by the socialist government about when and where people can buy things 

Struggle: Hundreds of Venezuelans jostle for access to just one litre of cooking oil and one kilogram of pasta  at a shopping centre in Gautire, while a government militia tries to keep control 

Desperate battle for basics: Most of those queueing told MailOnline they had been there since 4am, while men armed with machine guns tried to maintain the peace and control

Ugly: With so many people fighting for access to so little food, scuffles commonly break out and the queues are also stuffed with black marketeers who then resell the pasta and oil for vastly inflated prices 

Young: A frightened mother who got her baby up in the early hours of the morning, centre, is forced to hold him for hours as she queues for basic food supplies for her family

Rule by fear: A member of the government militia, centre, stands with his gun clearly on display in an attempt to maintain order as hundreds queue from 4am to buy oil and pasta 

Ruined: Sky-high inflation, currently approaching 700 per cent, has destroyed Venezuela's currency. The largest note, the 100-Bolivar bill, is now worth just 7p, plunging millions into abject poverty. The government can no longer even afford to print more cash

Exhausted: A mother in the queue holds her sleeping child. Women told MailOnline that even though their husbands had good jobs they could not afford to eat

Worry: Mother-of-eight Carmen, 39, said her husband is sick and her family are hungry. Her 12-year-old Julio helped her after school. SHe told MailOnline: 'I don't want to be here digging in the rubbish. I feel like I'm suffocating, like I can't breathe. I feel like I'm drowning. But my husband is sick and we are hungry.'

Rubbish: As they sift through the debris lining the streets for food, many ordinary Venezuelans insist the rich have destroyed the country

Upset: Although the government insists it is against the elitist country clubs, in reality it is often hand-in-glove with the country's wealthy

Trouble: Sky-high inflation has plunged millions into abject poverty. Pictured, another woman hands a small sum of money to Carmen, 39

Finds: A Venezuelan man carries a bag of fruit and vegetables that he has found at the Redoma de Petare market in the city's Sucre district

Starving: Venezuela's currency has been destroyed by dramatic inflation and its largest note - the 100-Bolivar bill - is now worth just 7p

Desperate: An elderly Venezuelan woman, accompanied by a young child, props herself up on her walking stick as she scavenges for food

Stark: The scene in the Sucre distract of Caracas was a world away from the Country Club, where white-coated waiters were seen serving cocktails and canapés and men practised their swings on the golf course against a backdrop of the city's impoverished neighbourhoods on the skyline

Suffering: In a stark symbol of the depth of the crisis, MailOnline found this starving Weimaraner dog, that was stumbling around a tree where he been abandoned in Mamporal, Miranda state

Ill: The Weimaraner was so thin that its paws and head seemed out of proportion with its body and he seemed to have been abandoned because his owner could not feed him 

Painful: The shortages have meant Mamporal, Miranda state, Venezuela, where the dog was found, has only limited supplies a few times a week for its inhabitants

Low priority: In the rural town of Tacarigua de Mamporal in Miranda state, an emaciated Weimaraner dog was seen stumbling around a tree on the brink of starvation

Parasites: Black marketeers known as ants, or 'Bachaqueros' – so called because of the loads they can carry on their backs – hoard groceries and sell them on at vastly inflated prices

No shame: Black marketeer Christabell told MailOnline, 'Even if people are poor, I never give them a discount. I know it sounds like I'm a terrible person, but I worked hard to get these items. If I start giving away my livelihood, I'll be broke. People say I am playing with the hunger of the people, but what about my hunger?'

Piles of cash: Sky-high inflation, currently approaching 700 per cent, has destroyed Venezuela's currency. The largest note, the 100-Bolivar bill, is now worth just 7p, plunging millions into abject poverty. The government can no longer even afford to print more cash.

Piles of cash: Sky-high inflation, currently approaching 700 per cent, has destroyed Venezuela's currency. The largest note, the 100-Bolivar bill, is now worth just 7p, plunging millions into abject poverty. The government can no longer even afford to print more cash.

Helpless: Dayana, 30, cradles five-month-old Anna-Gabriela, who has acute asthma and bronchitis but cannot be treated because El Algodonal hospital in Antímano is so poor it cannot even afford toilet paper

 

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  • Falë keqdashjes suaj,ky koment ĕshtë absurd.Në Venezuelë nuk ka patur kurrë shtresĕ të mesme Çavez nxorri nga mjerimi total miliona njerëz,u dha shtëpi, ushqim ,shkollë.Ndaj Venezuelës ka një agresion 20 vjeçar të të gjitha forcave të djathta ndërkombëtare.Në se socializmi demokratik fiton me vota është ,diktaturë,në se e djathta bën grusht shteti ,ĕshtë ,demokraci,

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  • Çorbë e madhe ky artikull. E intervistuara rhote te pasurit e kane fajin. Çavizmi paska qene pro te pasurve??!! Nuk kuptohet shume qarte , per artikull shkruesin, ka hallin te kritikoje çavizmin si sistem (pra socializmin) apo abuzimin me pushtetin?

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