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Bacchus4.0

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6. Fine with me, a quart of milk is still Bs24,

Reply to Fred Sanders (Reply #5)

Thu Oct 2, 2014, 01:41 PM

Oct 2014

1 pair of jeans (Levis 501 or similar) Bs 2,383
1 summer dress in a chain store (Zara, H&M, ...) Bs 1,460
1 pair of sport shoes (Nike, Adidas, or similar) Bs 3,375
1 pair of leather business shoes Bs 2,813

The monthly min. wage is still Bs 4200 and the official exchange rate is still 6:1

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Is trashing Venezuela your only trick? 99th_Monkey Oct 2014 #1

I just don't like chavistas. Still a lovely country with great people, the worst government Bacchus4.0 Oct 2014 #2

The minimum wage is 4600 Bs per month so a lot of this stuff is affordable and is contrary to your Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #3

Not if you want to buy food or clothes. 46Bs is $8 Bacchus4.0 Oct 2014 #4

46 Bs is 46 Bs. Period. No one is paid in dollars. Your attempts at currency conversion to buy Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #5

Fine with me, a quart of milk is still Bs24, Bacchus4.0 Oct 2014 #6

I have lived in and visited many other poor countries, working folks do not shop where you shop. Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #7

Well, clearly you haven't been to Venezuela Marksman_91 Oct 2014 #8

Can you post these "unimaginable prices", in local currency? At local shops? Not just in central Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #10

You keep touting that 100 billion dollar a year figure hack89 Oct 2014 #11

Your financial "analysis" is without merit or reference. Revenues are indeed in the hundreds of Fred Sanders Oct 2014 #12

When your annual budget is $165 billion hack89 Oct 2014 #13

OMG!! You really are clueless. Venezuela is certainly among the most westernized nations Bacchus4.0 Oct 2014 #9