Her belly bulging, Hilda Angarita hauls
herself to five different drug stores in the sweltering Venezuelan city of
Maracaibo until she finally finds post-cesarean patches. "I'm giving birth
tomorrow and here I am in the street. I want to go home," says the
teacher, 37, fanning herself as she rests on a bench the day before her
scheduled delivery. Over the previous nine months, Angarita's life has been
consumed with searching for vitamins, calcium, diapers and medicines amid
widespread shortages in recession-hit Venezuela. Currency controls and flailing
local production have fueled worsening scarcities that are now a blight of
daily life for many Venezuelans - especially those expecting a child. More… 
Friday, July 24, 2015
Mother of all battles in scarcity-hit Venezuela: having a baby
Her belly bulging, Hilda Angarita hauls
herself to five different drug stores in the sweltering Venezuelan city of
Maracaibo until she finally finds post-cesarean patches. "I'm giving birth
tomorrow and here I am in the street. I want to go home," says the
teacher, 37, fanning herself as she rests on a bench the day before her
scheduled delivery. Over the previous nine months, Angarita's life has been
consumed with searching for vitamins, calcium, diapers and medicines amid
widespread shortages in recession-hit Venezuela. Currency controls and flailing
local production have fueled worsening scarcities that are now a blight of
daily life for many Venezuelans - especially those expecting a child. More… 
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