After three weeks of protests, living conditions in the South American nation are more precarious than ever 
Caracas, Apr.24.─ The anti-government protests that have rocked the Venezuelan capital of Caracas over the last three weeks have created an increasingly polarized city where two distinct realities live in parallel. In Petare, one of the country’s poorest and most dangerous neighborhoods, residents at the local market look for fruit and vegetables, while people stand in line outside a grocery store that has shutters across its windows.
Customers are limited to four packets each of rice and sugar, as well as the same number of bottles of cooking oil. People are taking advantage to stock up ahead of the continued street protests. A packet of rice now costs 4,700 bolívares, equivalent to $1, with the price creeping up as it works it way through the chain of hands in the black market.
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