Children in Venezuela went to school fewer than 10 days in March. Blackouts left 70% of the country without electricity, affecting at least 15 of the country's 23 states and forcing the government to close schools and work.
"It's too early!" she says, with a muffled squeak. The pre-dawn light barely cracks into Dana's room in her family's ground-floor apartment in Petare, a giant barrio in Caracas. All across Petare, in the thousands of modest homes perched on steep hills, children are doing something unusual for Venezuela these days.They are going to school."I don't really remember the last day I went to school," says Dana, as one of her sisters plaits her long brown hair.
Outraged people protest in Venezuela 01:38"We gave big parties for Alanis and Norkys for their birthdays," says Yumiley, referring to the older daughters."But for Dana we had to stop."When the price of oil collapsed in 2014, the government was unable to sustain its socialist economy anchored on handouts and price controls. Inflation skyrocketed, making ordinary goods unaffordable for families in Venezuela.
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