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Monday, August 20, 2018

How much do things cost in Venezuela?

Saw this in Clarin news website. Keep it in mind when stocking up food, putting some precious metals aside for a rainy day or when someone tells you how fantastic communist Venezuela is.
Los compradores buscaron asegurarse el abastecimiento de alimentos. Un jabón sale 3.500.000 bolívares, y es el equivalente a 0.53 USD. (Reuters)
Bar of soap. 3,500,000 Bolivares.. or 0.53 USD
Un paquete de 1 kg de pasta junto a 2,500,000 bolívares que su precio en Venezuela y es el equivalente a 0,38 USD. (Reuters)
Pack of dry pasta, 1kg. 2,500,000 Bolivares or 0.38 USD
Un rollo de papel higiénico cuesta 2,600,000 bolívares, y es el equivalente a 0,40 USD. (Reuters)
2,600,000 Bolivares or 0.40 USD for TP
Los venezolanos el viernes hicieron largas colas en los negocios antes de la revisión monetaria para ganarle a la hiperinflación. (Reuters)
About 4 USD for a chicken, maybe 24,000,000 Bolivares
Un kg de tomates junto a 5,000,000 bolívares, su precio y el equivalente a 0.76 USD. (Reuters)
Tomatos, about 6 or 7 of them, 1 kg. 5,000,000 Bolivares or 0.76 USD.
FerFAL
Fernando “FerFAL” Aguirre is the author of “The Modern Survival Manual: Surviving the Economic Collapse” and “Bugging Out and Relocating: When Staying is not an Option”
Posted by FerFAL at 4:48 PM
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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

All those prices, in USD, are cheaper than what we pay in the US.

August 21, 2018 at 7:47 AM
free for now said...

And all those people earn far fewer dollars on average than US folks for same jobs.

August 22, 2018 at 3:50 PM
free for now said...

And all those people earn far fewer dollars on average than US folks for same jobs.

August 22, 2018 at 3:50 PM

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