Venezuelans Turn Creative for Water and Gas

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16 August 2020 13:20 WIB

Men pull a rope inside a stalled tunnel construction project near El Avila mountain that borders the city of Caracas, Venezuela June 27, 2020. Venezuelans are steadily losing access to cheap basic services from water to cooking gas that have helped them survive economic crisis, forcing many to find creative solutions and adding pressure during the coronavirus quarantine. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero

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Men wearing protective masks carry a plastic pipe inside a stalled tunnel construction project near El Avila mountain that borders the city of Caracas, Venezuela June 27, 2020. Services have long been near-free due to heavy subsidies by the ruling Socialist Party, which has overseen a six-year economic collapse despite Venezuela's oil wealth. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero

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Men work in the water inside a stalled tunnel construction project near El Avila mountain that borders the city of Caracas, Venezuela June 28, 2020. For those without the money, workaround solutions abound: from wood-burning stoves and long walks to find cellular coverage to improvised pipes for siphoning water off a mountain. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero

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A man floats on a truck tire tube inside a stalled tunnel construction project near El Avila mountain that borders the city of in Caracas, Venezuela June 27, 2020. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero

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Henry pulls out of his house a hose after fills his plastic tank, filled with water by a community-made pipe system that extract water that accumulated at a stalled tunnel construction project near El Avila mountain that borders the city of Caracas, Venezuela August 8, 2020. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero

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Maria fills a metal bin with water inside her house via a community-made pipe system that extract water that accumulated at a stalled tunnel construction project near El Avila mountain that borders the city of Caracas, Venezuela August 8, 2020. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero

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