Venezuelan empanadas and sought out ingredients |
These changes in food consumptions are beginning to have an effect on everyone's waist line. It is simply not possible for people to have a balanced diet. As mentioned by one of the Venezuelan residents featured on Rawlins' photographs, "if we have lunch, not dinner and if we have dinner, not breakfast." People are resorting to eating unhealthy foods that can fill them up for longer periods of time because they know that they will need to skip a meal, or even two. These unhealthy eating habits will eventually increase cases of diabetes, heart conditions, etc.
President Maduro is encouraging citizens to grow their own crops. This, he says, will help put a stop to the "economic warfare" that he claims is being orchestrated by the opposition to sabotage his administration. The only problem with the suggested solution is that eighty percent of Venezuelans live in an urban setting so their abilities to grow food at home are limited.
This is an example of yet another unintended consequence of economic policies followed by a solution to the wrong problem. The silver lining is that Coca-Cola has announced that it will stop production in Venezuela because they are not able to find sugar. With minimal food options, the last thing Venezuelans need is a sugary drink to add to their woes.
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