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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPlunging oil prices mean Venezuelan women are running out of birth control
Shortages of basic goods such as milk, rice, corn and diapers have been a problem for years in the South American country. That's partly because of state price controls on products, a heavy reliance on imports a lack of funds to pay for them and failed land reforms that involved the redistribution of farming land.
Contraceptives, including birth control pills and condoms, are also on the growing list of hard-to-get items. Only one-tenth of the normal volume of contraceptives used by Venezuelans was available last year, El Pais reported earlier this month, citing the head of the country's pharmaceutical federation.
The situation has only worsened as the price Venezuela receives for its crude oil the source of 95 percent of the foreign currency earnings it uses to pay for imports plunges along with other international oils owing to a global oversupply and economic growth concerns.
MORE HERE: http://yonside.com/plunging-oil-prices-mean-venezuelan-women-are-running-out-of-birth-control/
Contraceptives, including birth control pills and condoms, are also on the growing list of hard-to-get items. Only one-tenth of the normal volume of contraceptives used by Venezuelans was available last year, El Pais reported earlier this month, citing the head of the country's pharmaceutical federation.
The situation has only worsened as the price Venezuela receives for its crude oil the source of 95 percent of the foreign currency earnings it uses to pay for imports plunges along with other international oils owing to a global oversupply and economic growth concerns.
MORE HERE: http://yonside.com/plunging-oil-prices-mean-venezuelan-women-are-running-out-of-birth-control/
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Plunging oil prices mean Venezuelan women are running out of birth control (Original Post)
LuckyTheDog
Jan 2016
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saturnsring
(1,832 posts)1. followed by a boost in the birth rate
Tarheel_Dem
(31,264 posts)2. As "revolutions" go, this one has been a bust. I'm sure the US will be blamed by the Chavistas. nt
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Tarheel_Dem
(31,264 posts)5. I'm as "concerned" as Maduro's government is, obviously.
msongs
(67,596 posts)3. stop having sex, no need for "birth control". nt
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)6. Lots of countries have been heavily impacted by falling oil prices.
But I haven't heard about people in Norway, for example, not being able to get birth control pills, condoms, or toilet paper. It's not just about the price of oil, it's about the tragically horrible mismanagement of the economy in Venezuela.