What would be the cost of living in Venezuela?
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Well, the only think I know is Caracas is the most expensive city in Latin America. a croissant coasts 10 US$
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I came across a discussion on expat-blog.com about the cost of living in Venezuela. One of the members, a native Venezuelan named Jeolla from Caracas, put together some interesting observations and numbers: “Hi, I am Venezuelan and live in the capital Caracas. Let me start off by saying the 2008 ranking of most expensive countries to live as number 15. So out of 200 countries, Venezuela made the top 15. If you wish to live in a big Venezuelan city you will need to make at least $40,000USD to live at the bottom end of the middle class scale in the US. A 3-bedroom 2-bathroom Condo in a medium class neighbourhood with a moderate level of safety (no area is that safe) will run you about BS.F380,000 or about $150,000. This is alot of money considering the average salary is Bs.F1000.00 monthly. A car – if bought new – with power steering / windows / doors / ac / automatic will cost at the low end Bs.F75,000 or about $30,000 US. The car mentioned is a GM Cobalt – and I just bought one. Televison / Internet / Telephone. The TV will run you Bs.F110 or $55.00, good internet will run you Bs.F150 or $70.00 and the telphone can run Bs.F200 or about $100.00. The television package gives you a good variety of channels, most spanish however a great selection of English. The internet will the you 2mb download speed and is unlimited. The Telephone is a landline and not a cellphone and will give you unlimited incomming calls. Every call outbound you make locally costs about BsF 0.05 per minute, long distance within Venezuela is BsF0.80 per minute and calling to the us is about BsF1 per minute. Eating out is expensive if you want to eat at a CLEAN location. An Arepa with reina pepillada (a chicken avocado filling) will run you Bs.F18 or $9.00us and this does not include a drink! The government has announced they are going to start regulating costs… they will do this and this means the quality will drop. Recently went to Subway and ordered 2 footlong subs 4 drinks and 4 cookies to share amongs 4 people and the bill came to Bs.F125.00 or $60.00 US. So I would say this is more expensive than in Canada or USA. Here are some prices in Caracas: So I am trying to paint the picture… Caracas is expensive and so are most places in Venezuela. Even smaller villages are raising in prices. On account of the currency control many products if not expired are hard to come by. I am not a supporter of Chavez nor am I against him. I don’t like any of the politicians opposition or mainline. The truth is it is hard to live here, crime is rampant, and life can be hard. Make sure you live in a good area or you will get more than you bargained for. I love Venezuela but the truth exists that this is a highly charged polarized political climate and there is no telling what can happen. Inflation last year was 32% and exonomists are predicting between 30 and 40% this year. Just so you are informed!â€
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1.chavez the worst dude ever that dude loves weapons. 2.well that's all i got
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for the last two or three years Venezuela has the highest inflation of the Americas.
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It depend on which month because it raises continuously..
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