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segunda-feira, junho 09, 2014

A cor do dinheiro

A prostitute in her room at a brothel in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, on May 28, 2014.
Photographer: Vladimir Marcano/Bloomberg


Venezuelan Prostitutes Earn More Selling Dollars Than Sex
By Anatoly Kurmanaev Jun 9, 2014 4:44 PM GMT+0100  Bloomberg

The arrival of a Liberian-flagged freighter with Ukrainian, Arab and Filipino sailors spells one thing for Elena -- dollars. And greenbacks are king in Venezuela, the 32-year-old prostitute says.

Within hours of hearing of the ship’s imminent arrival, she has packed her bags and is heading to the crumbling city of Puerto Cabello. It is a 450-kilometer (280-mile) journey from her home in the Western state of Zulia that Elena finds herself doing more often now as Venezuela’s economy contracts, the bolivar slumps and prices soar.