๐ฒ๐ฝ Many Mexicans can't afford to buy basic food...
๐ง๐ท Meat is becoming a luxury in Brazil...
๐ป๐ช And some Venezuelans can't even pay to bury their dead.
The cost-of-living crisis is wreaking havoc in countries worldwide.
Hereโs how three nations in the Americas are coping. ๐งต
๐ง๐ท Meat is becoming a luxury in Brazil...
๐ป๐ช And some Venezuelans can't even pay to bury their dead.
The cost-of-living crisis is wreaking havoc in countries worldwide.
Hereโs how three nations in the Americas are coping. ๐งต
๐ฒ๐ฝ In Mexico, the #UkraineCrisis has pushed the price of corn to a nine-year high.
Vegetable oil prices are also up by 23% over the last year. Inflation is at a 21-year high of nearly 8%.
๐ฎ Families are cutting back on staples like tacos and empanadas.
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Vegetable oil prices are also up by 23% over the last year. Inflation is at a 21-year high of nearly 8%.
๐ฎ Families are cutting back on staples like tacos and empanadas.
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๐ฆ Hector Castro has owned a small ice cream stall in Mexico City for 27 years.
But this year, heโs struggling to stay afloat.
Despite working for more than 12 hours a day, Hector said he barely makes enough money to cover food, rent and transport from his home in Atlacomulco.
But this year, heโs struggling to stay afloat.
Despite working for more than 12 hours a day, Hector said he barely makes enough money to cover food, rent and transport from his home in Atlacomulco.
๐ป๐ช Venezuela finally escaped years of hyperinflation at the start of 2022.
โญ๏ธ In 2018, inflation reached 65,000%
๐ But while it cooled to its lowest level in a decade, consumer prices still rose more than 170% in the 12 months to June.
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โญ๏ธ In 2018, inflation reached 65,000%
๐ But while it cooled to its lowest level in a decade, consumer prices still rose more than 170% in the 12 months to June.
tmsnrt.rs/3cVFVdx
๐ชก Retired schoolteacher Maria Teresa Clemente began taking up side jobs, like sewing, to pay the bills.
๐ She says in Caracas, people are abandoning their cars because they cannot afford to run them.
๐ฃ "We pay for services, but they don't work. Power goes out often."
๐ She says in Caracas, people are abandoning their cars because they cannot afford to run them.
๐ฃ "We pay for services, but they don't work. Power goes out often."
๐ง๐ท In Brazil, consumer prices are up by 12% in a year.
โ๏ธ Lower rainfall has also reduced crop yields and hydropower generation, raising costs even further.
๐ Meanwhile, average incomes nationwide have dropped 7.2% since 2021. tmsnrt.rs/3OP95be
โ๏ธ Lower rainfall has also reduced crop yields and hydropower generation, raising costs even further.
๐ Meanwhile, average incomes nationwide have dropped 7.2% since 2021. tmsnrt.rs/3OP95be
๐ธ Small business owner and single mother Andreia Dias Alvares earns less than 1,000 reais ($185) per month.
โ ๏ธ That's below the national minimum wage.
She said her only option was to cut back on household spending, which meant smaller meals for herself and her two teenagers.
โ ๏ธ That's below the national minimum wage.
She said her only option was to cut back on household spending, which meant smaller meals for herself and her two teenagers.
๐ People around the world are seeing food and energy prices spike due to the Ukraine war and fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.
โญ๏ธ Hereโs what the situation looks like in three European countries:
twitter.com/i/events/15515โฆ
โญ๏ธ Hereโs what the situation looks like in three European countries:
twitter.com/i/events/15515โฆ
๐จ Itโs not just those in Europe and the Americas struggling.
๐ The bite of the crisis is being felt by families across the globe:
twitter.com/i/events/15489โฆ
๐ The bite of the crisis is being felt by families across the globe:
twitter.com/i/events/15489โฆ
๐ฃ @TRF_Stories spoke to people living in 18 nations around the world in an attempt to gauge the human impact of the cost-of-living crisis.
Hereโs what they had to say ๐
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Hereโs what they had to say ๐
tmsnrt.rs/3J6wRyw
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