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  • Venezuelans pick through trash for food to eat or sell

    06/08/2016 5:58:45 AM PDT · by C19fan · 10 replies
    AP ^ | June 8, 2016 | Fabiola Sanchez
    Until recently, Julio Noguera worked at a bakery. But he now spends his evenings searching through the garbage for food. "I come here looking for food because if I didn't, I'd starve to death," Noguera said as he sorted through a pile of moldy potatoes. "With things like they are, no one helps anyone and no one gives away meals." Across town, unemployed people converge every dusk at a trash heap on a downtown Caracas sidewalk to pick through rotten fruit and vegetables tossed out by nearby shops. They are frequently joined by small business owners, college students and pensioners...