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Going Hungry in Venezuela

29/09/2016 GMT

BBC World Service - Assignment, Going Hungry in Venezuela

Vladimir Hernandez reports from Venezuela which is struggling to feed its own people

Vladimir Hernandez returns home to oil-rich Venezuela, which is struggling to feed its own people in the midst of a spiralling economic crisis.

Oil-rich Venezuela is struggling to feed its own people as a result of a spiralling economic and political crisis which has brought the country to its knees. Vladimir Hernandez returns to his home country where thousands queue for many hours in order to buy even the most basic of food stuffs. Malnutrition and starvation, unthinkable only a few years ago, are becoming a reality for some communities and particularly the poor.

(Photo: An underweight woman holding her baby)

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