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[Fikri]

A 36-pack of condoms now cost as much as iPhone in Venezuela
SHANE FERRO MARKETS  FEB. 5, 2015, 12:29 AM

REUTERS/Christian Veron

 

Anti-government protesters kiss during a protest against Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro’s government in Caracas March 22, 2014.

Venezuela is running out of condoms.

The country is broke. It’s economy is on track to shrink 7% in 2015 alone, in large part due to oil prices being so low. Now its economic crisis is leading to a health crisis.

A lack of contraceptives doesn’t keep people from having sex, it just keeps them from having safe sex.

Bloomberg reports that the country started running out of condoms and other kinds of contraceptives in December. “The condom shortage, caused by a scarcity of dollars among importers, has prices on a website used to find scarce goods soaring and risks aggravating one of South America’s highest HIV infection and teenage pregnancy rates.”

A 36-pack of Trojan condoms are going for 4,760 bolivars (about $750) on Mercado Libre, a site where Venezuelan citizens bid for goods that the country has shortages of. A three-pack is 399 bolivars (about $62).

 

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[Swar]

Just use a plastic bag and you're done.

[Galadriel]

It is fine. If the girl is on top it means gravity won't allow the sperm to reach her egg.

 

 

TROLOLOLOLOLOL

[Wynd]

It is fine. If the girl is on top it means gravity won't allow the sperm to reach her egg.

 

 

TROLOLOLOLOLOL

Not true. Sperm swim through the vagina and into your ovaries no matter what position you're in. 

[Padme]

Not true. Sperm swim through the vagina and into your ovaries no matter what position you're in. 

 

*points to the white text and blatant trolling* 

 

 

This is ridiculous. I guess because of my privilege I don't understand why people choose to have unsafe sex... :| If I don't have contraception or a means to be safe then.. I don't partake. 

 

P.S Anyone else think about price in terms of how many 5 cent candies you can buy? or is that just me?

Edited by Padme, 05 February 2015 - 12:38 AM.

[Fikri]

i personally think this is a blessing in disguise. have you guys seen venezuelans competing in miss universe lately? they're gorgeouuss. we need more venezuelans in the world!

[Adam]

i personally think this is a blessing in disguise. have you guys seen venezuelans competing in miss universe lately? they're gorgeouuss. we need more venezuelans in the world!

More butts to touch!

[onlyme]

get the iphone and have sex with it, no condoms needed. problem solved.

[Pyro699]

 

So is anyone else thinking of heading to walmart, grabbing a couple thousand condoms - getting on a plane there and selling black market condoms for a substantially higher price?

[NapisaurusRex]

I'd rather have the phone yolo

[Gnome]

I'm going to costco to buy the big eco pack of condoms. keep half for me and send out half in a care package. LOL Start up the condom black market!

[talbs]

Condoms? Never heard of em.

[shrouded]

*points to the white text and blatant trolling* 

 

 

This is ridiculous. I guess because of my privilege I don't understand why people choose to have unsafe sex... :| If I don't have contraception or a means to be safe then.. I don't partake. 

 

P.S Anyone else think about price in terms of how many 5 cent candies you can buy? or is that just me?

 

Where the heck do you find 5c candies dear?

[Rocket]

phone!

 

just pull out..

[Chappy]

You mean saran wrap?

[DregsandDregs]

Saran Wrap won't work.

 

The problem isn't just contraception, it's STDs.

 

Contraception wise, IUDs, patches, the pill.  But STDs?  There's nothing for that except for condoms, either male or female ones.

 

Anyways, this is seriously fucked up.  But forget the black market--crowdsource building a condom factory in the country instead!

[Branlaur]

 

So is anyone else thinking of heading to walmart, grabbing a couple thousand condoms - getting on a plane there and selling black market condoms for a substantially higher price?

I'd make a lot of money from that. Although I would get some pretty weird questions from the clerk at Walmart that sold them to me.

[Wynd]

*points to the white text and blatant trolling* 

 

I've run into people that have quite honestly believed in those kind of physics. Trust me, it's brain-killing. So, yeah. I couldn't tell whether or not they were joking.

[Grimley]

i personally think this is a blessing in disguise. have you guys seen venezuelans competing in miss universe lately? they're gorgeouuss. we need more venezuelans in the world!

 

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