The economic situation in Venezuela has grown so dire that women are selling their hair to make enough to buy basic necessities.


In a trend that has gained momentum in recent weeks, the women are thronging to a bridge that connects Venezuela and Colombia, and selling their locks to self-appointed brokers who then sell the hair as extensions to Colombians.

It is the latest desperate measure to stem from the crisis that includes shortages of such things as food and medicine, as well as an inflation rate that now ranks as the highest in the world.

In an interview with Reuters, Celina Gonzales, 45, said she turned to selling her hair to buy medicine to relieve pain."I suffer arthritis and I need to buy medicine,” Reuters quoted Gonzales as saying, adding that she did not tell her family about what she had opted to do.

“This won't be much, but at least I can buy painkillers." Gonzales waited in a long line for an hour to sell her hair for 60,000 Colombian pesos, or $20. That is about a month’s salary, Reuters said.

“Venezuela has gone from being one of the most prosperous countries in the hemisphere to one where people are crossing the border to sell their hair,” said John Polga-Hecimovich, a political science professor and Latin America expert at the United States Naval Academy, in an interview with FoxNews.com

Blue3k:
Stupid economic policies and system cause this. They voted and favored the policy so no reason to pity them. They probably won't learn if I had to guess.

Blue3k:
Stupid economic policies and system cause this. They voted and favored the policy so no reason to pity them. They probably won't learn if I had to guess.

Fabulocity:
Same thing is about to happen to Nigeria and I hope your response will be the same as this.

ipledge10:
The country is currently in big mess, sometimes they have to cross the bridge linking them to Colombia to get food

Raydos:
Venezuela Has Finally Collapse.



Assuming It Was One Country In Africa, The Media Would Have Portrayed Africa As A Poverty Stricken Continent!
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Anyways...
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I'm Still Waiting For America too!
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I Want Em To Die Of Hunger And Even Beg For Money From Nigerians!



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