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It pays to queue in Venezuela - no thanks to shortage of basic goods
Published Thu, Jan 15, 2015 · 09:50 PM
Caracas
SHORTAGES of basic goods and long lines of consumers hoping to buy them have spawned a new profession in crisis-hit Venezuela: waiting in line to buy things for other people.
Krisbell Villarroel, a 22-year-old single mother of two small children in Caracas, makes a living by queueing up to buy things that she then sells to clients who pay her for the time she spends standing in line.
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