May 19, 2024

Nearly 20 Million Venezuelans Live in Multidimensional Poverty

retrieved from Libre Mercado

According to the organization, the outbreak of the pandemic in the country, in March 2020, caused a more severe situation of emergencies that exacerbated the deprivations that already existed. “The data in this new measurement show that the CHE (Complex Humanitarian Emergency) is still far from evolving towards an early exit, which is happening in a context that is not yet showing signs of change in the factors that originated it and have maintained it during the last few years,” the platform says.Other data highlighted by the report, in the area of living conditions, is that in the country mobility is difficult for 13.1 million people due to lack of transportation; 8.8 million spend months without domestic gas for cooking; 5.9 million suffered severe electrical failures; 3.8 million live in inadequate housing and 6.4 million were victims of abuse and/or violence. Full Text-> ElAmerican

Translation/ Traducción