Shippers send more boxes of groceries from Doral to Venezuela [View all]

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http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/06/05/4160439/shippers-send-more-boxes-of-groceries.html


Faced with unprecedented scarcity of basic household goods, a growing number of Venezuelans are beginning to depend on shipments from their relatives and friends abroad to obtain basic products difficult to find in their supermarkets. The trend is prompting many South Florida residents to go to shipment agencies more frequently.

Companies specialized in shipping boxes to be delivered at people’s front doors in Venezuela say that boxes now carry products not usually sent to that country. Amazon books, spare parts for cars and electronic items are now being replaced with cans of tuna, rice packages, coffee, medicines and even bathing soap.

“I have just completed a full shopping for my mother because she lacks everything I am sending. I even bought her dishwasher detergent,” said Andreína Cesarino, who works at one of the many shipping agencies operating in Doral.

“I’m sending her shampoo because there is no shampoo there. It’s not only food they need, but items of personal use,” added Cesarino, who at the company Venesend takes care of dozens of Venezuelan customers.

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