Venezuelans turn to odd jobs and gambling to stretch meager wages
Voice of America
A vendor displays rice at a flea market in Maracaibo, Venezuela, July 22, 2024. Carla Machado, right, waits with her children for her husband who cuts hair at a flea market in Maracaibo, Venezuela, July 22, 2024. Ever Martinez sells potatoes at a flea market in Maracaibo, Venezuela, July 22, 2024. People play dominoes in the Santa Rosa de Agua neighborhood of Maracaibo, Venezuela, July 22, 2024. Jose Aldana, 39, sells chicken feet in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, July 23, 2024. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro speaks to supporters during a campaign rally in La Guaira, Venezuela, July 22, 2024. Presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez, left, and opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, center, greet supporters during a campaign rally in Maracaibo, Venezuela, July 23, 2024.
A municipal market in eastern Venezuela is teeming with weekend customers hoping to score a deal among the stalls of produce, meat, cheese and shelf-stable products. Some carry plantains, cassava crackers, corn flour or half a carton of eggs as they walk home.
