Venezuela is Near to 15% level of Malnutrition: The Working Class in Situation of Nutritional Decay.
Source: http://www.caritas.org/2017/05/children-face-hunger-crisis-in-venezuela-as-malnutrition-soars/
In Venezuela, during the last two and a half years, the state has been submerged in a growing crisis that is far from being solved or that the government is looking for effective measures aimed at improving the situation, what is observed in the streets is the increase of the laziness, corruption and riches of a dome of adepts in the high positions of the government.
Situation that ultimately lashed out to a greater extent the working class, which currently has the greatest number of economic problems as; the lack of cash in the streets and inability to buy basic basket products because of the crisis and lack of money in their physical form, tireless daily queues to carry out all kinds of formalities and diligences in which many have to pass up 5 and 6 hours, taking a whole working day to perform such actions.
To this we add problems of connection by the CANTV service in telephone lines and internet to the rural areas and further away from the capitals of the country (which are abysmally beaten thanks to the centralization of the state policies), are complicated in large measure buy products because of the aforementioned and now the points to pass the debit cards are mostly damaged and offline, the same happens with the internet, also making online transfers impossible, other businesses refuse to accept transfers bank as payment method.
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Just as the electoral and street contests that have occurred in the course of 2017 have exposed a problem that is obvious, which would be the constant deterioration of the political forces, both on the part of the ruling party and the opposition , while on the downside the deterioration of the material condition of the workers develops every day on a larger scale. To such a point of contrast, then, when observing the plump candidates cheeks inflated and the working class next to the dispossessed in condition of flacuchos, quoting a worker; "Look at them all fat ... and we ... we can not walk because we disarm." (...) "The shirts are like dressing gowns and pants have to be tied with hamacate." He commented between laughter and an ironic and sarcastic tone.
Let us add that the increase in the articles of the basic food basket weekly suffer a disproportionate and unreasonable increase because of the inflation that is already estimated for this year 2017 has to close at 720% with a rate of 1400% per annum, items such as eggs (which in many houses were the protein that came to replace the same ones of the meat) are in the streets and shops at a price of 19 thousand Bsf the half board, 30 thousand the carton, while the oil and the sugar have taken off to an abysmal figure of between thirty and forty (40) thousand bsf a liter and a kilo. That would represent an inflationary increase of 80% and 94.4%, according to a worker who sought to acquire the product; "That is too much. For someone who earns a minimum wage, it is hard for them to get the sugar at that price. I will solve it by buying it in the wineries "
Source, notice the price of sugar in this article: http://www.el-nacional.com/noticias/crisis-economica/precio-del-kilo-azucar-llego-35000-bolivares_207011
On the other hand, the condition of the outpatients and hospitals are forgotten, to the point that patients must buy or take the supplies in case they can be provided medical care and the application of medical treatments (in special cases even require patients to buy items such as yelcos or intravenous solutions to apply them), while in the case of medicines, these continue to increase according to inflationary levels and the parallel dollar, and most are in complete extinction in the market.
Added to this, a danger has been haunting the working class in this 2017, and such is the issue that concerns the malnutrition of the same. According to a reporteril article of "El Nacional" published on May 29, 2017: "Venezuela registered until last 11.4% of child malnutrition, which includes serious cases of children who have lost about 60% of weight, which implies a situation of "crisis" according to parameters of the World Health Organization (WHO), informed today spokesmen of Caritas. And even though only 4 states (Zulia (west) and central Vargas, Miranda and Capital District) were considered for the study, the situation is widespread throughout the country, with the working class being deprived (in situation of poverty and extreme poverty).
According to the W.H.O (World Health Organization): "The threshold of 10 has already been exceeded and we are at 11.4%, and we have moved from the alarm to the crisis situation," Raffalli said, referring to the latest report with data provided to April of 1,090 children and pointed out that this is a "crisis of severe acute malnutrition". (...) "Up to 5% is acceptable, from 5 to 10% is an alarm, between 10 and 15% is crisis and when you reach 30% is a disaster and in terms of food is called famine," said the expert. (...) He said that when the rate of severe childhood malnutrition exceeds 11% "it is for the State to immediately act and fill the pediatric clinics and hospitals with therapeutic infant formulas" which, he says, has not happened.
"What Caritas is reporting is a trend for this to increase by 0.8 to 1 per month," he said, adding that if the situation is not corrected by allowing "better access to food and the importation of infant formulas" then By the end of 2017, "emergency levels" will be reported.
He pointed out that the expectations are not good considering that the crisis of shortage and shortage of food is increasingly aggravated and that the rainy season has already begun.
"If we take care of them in time, we can recover them and they can gain weight, but an increase in weight does not take away the damage," he says, pointing out that "if malnutrition occurred before the first two years of life there is" cognitive, metabolic and affective". On the other hand, Dr. Julio Castro, a member of the Network of Physicians for Health, said: "Venezuela has not reached the level of famine; however, malnutrition scales are observed at an accelerated rate, as the figure of Caritas increases by 1% per month. (...) Questioned that in Venezuela does not function properly the Food and Nutrition Surveillance System so that the country does not have specific statistics on the level of nutrition. It is estimated that currently Venezuela is between 10.5% and 13% in levels of malnutrition.
Many working families have resorted to implementing the dietary routine of two (2) meals a day, and these are based solely on carbohydrates, and in many cases have called it "The Slave Diet" because it only provides the energies sufficient for the work but not to be properly and properly nourished. A few of these claim to feel so physically weakened that they feel only the energy to walk. Others have done away with even doing recreational and sports activities.
Such is the case of this humble worker who today writes to him who has to measure 1.70 and weigh 60kg, where the rule states that ten kilos below the result after the meter of height can be considered as an indication of malnutrition, and we add to this a kyphosis that is beginning to be remarkable. And That's just to mention a single member of a family of 5 people who are in the same condition, like most of the working class.
During an interview conducted by my person to a doctor who works in the C.D.I (Centro Diagnóstico Integral) and hospital of Churuguara falcón state, and that asked to remain anonymous due to the harassment at work, comments what; "In a study carried out with the population, it was observed that adolescents and mothers in the prenatal state have a considerable weight loss that affects both fetuses and possible pre-natal, pre-partum and postpartum problems" . (...) "On the other hand, the percentiles tables used to determine the levels of nutrition in Falcon and the municipality Federation, were detected cases of malnutrition adult and child, to such a degree that it has affected in the decrease of the average stature of the population".
The prices of articles like maternal formulas and milk are found in the clouds (between diapers) between 60 thousand Bsf and 100 thousand formulas, many mothers after childbirth can not even breastfeed because of malnutrition. The situation in schools is not different, the cooks claim to be solely and exclusively meeting schedules due to the lack of food in schools, high schools and universities as well as nationwide in all markets.
Enough to Contribute to National Sangria!
In addition to this, President Maduro's governmental program is in a constant drain of state resources, like a rickety wasteful man (living image of Chavez in the middle of the oil Bonanza, and in full drunkenness). Such is the case of the constant and punctual payment of the foreign debt that has been made, even though the Trump government imposes "disciplinary" measures (to call them in a sarcastic tone), in addition, Maduro this year has allocated resources in the first place to the taking of possession of Trump the 22 of December of 2016** in the amount of $ 500,000 thousand dollars through CITGO, **August 30, 2017 **, was given to to know that President Maduro destined 5 million dollars to the victims of Hurricane Harvey, in caravan to this, as informed the 2001 newspaper was able to know the October 05, 2017, in the words of Diosdado hair in one of his speeches on his VTV program what; "We are not going to give up, there is the ship waiting to deliver food boxes in Puerto Rico." "The US government does not let the ship from Venezuela to Puerto Rico. (...) Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, before leaving for the trip that has taken him to Russia, Belarus and will continue to Turkey, ordered his government to immediately send 100,000 cases to Puerto Rico from the system of Local Committees of Supply and Production (CLAP). One more sample that the government is far from worrying the condition of both the country and the Venezuelan working class.
The Opposing Right Does Not Come to Save Us!
In another aspect, it is important to highlight the actions and intentions of the Venezuelan Opposition.
This is very busy trying to create international alliances that allow it to position itself again in power, in order to defend its interests and riches by the sword, then, do not be fooled, the opposition right is far from suffering all these they attack the workers because they handle the use of influences, bribes, and bachaquerismo to keep their pantries full, not to mention those who to cover their profits have moved a part of their funds to foreign accounts not to lose them by seizures of the state or any other irregularity to which they can comply.
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Such is the case of Lilian Tintori, who was arrested and charged for finding the cash amount of 200,000,000 million bolivars equivalent to about US $ 10,000,000, even though she claims the following; "The money was to pay for the medical treatment of his grandmother, who is 100 years old. I do not use cards or checks, I have to pay in notes. " "I do not open accounts in the banks because I am the wife of a political prisoner" (...) "My money is justified, I know who gave it to me and I know why it was there in the car. I have everything justified, I have no need to hide anything, that's why I introduced myself in front of the officials. " The truth is that it would be opportune to ask, Which worker, given the circumstances of day to day, could collect such amount of money? It is obviously impossible, and reveals that this caste is completely disconnected from the workers and their struggle for social demands, such as mitigating the evils that attack the country.
What Position Should the Working Class of the Country Adopt in the Face of the Evils and Natural Disasters that Observe the World?
- At the International Political Level:
Workers at the international level must be aware of the political situations that may affect the working class, so as to be supportive and acquire an international workers' support that supports us, as well as providing it when we are needed of it, and in turn to be constantly alert to anticipate and prevent, insofar as their forces as a mass bestow upon them, that these irregular situations may arise in their country, and to take the necessary precautions in case they are imminently unavoidable and denounce them, shout them at free wind, we must be aware at all times of our situation as a class nationally to take these measures, it is necessary for the workers' talks, for it is necessary a constant critic and a feedback feed back proletarians. Quoting Karl Marx: "Communists everywhere support, as you see, how many political movements are raised against the prevailing social and political regime." (p. 75) Of the Communist Manifesto. - At the level of environmental disasters or any other nature:
At all times the key is to be supportive and provide all the support that we can provide within our resources and strength, however, there are extreme exceptions that must be taken into consideration before making a final decision. First, it must be studied whether the country is in a position to carry out international charitable works, since these do not have a negative effect on the working class, as in the case of Venezuela, since it is not possible to understand how it can be easily removed the officialdom of the calamities in which the working population is plunged by bad policies, such as to provide humanitarian aid to foreign countries, when these problems must first be solved. Or failing that, leave it in the hands of countries that are in a good situation that can afford such luxuries.
But as we see and know, the leaders and candidates both Chavistas-Maduristas and opponents, are far from interested in the working class of the country to solve the problems that hit it every day, that is why the working class must work with all its forces in creating a labor concentration with sufficient force of collision that allows him to take the power and of this way to solve the same working class its evils.