Venezuela: Tropical fruits provide relief during food shortages
date:Jun 12, 2016
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So mango season is being feted as never before.

Now we can't throw anything away, not even the skin, said homemaker Iris Garcia, 58, whose son plucks mangoes in the windy Caribbean peninsula of Paraguana.

As the recession reduces employment and inflation crushes spending power, street corners are increasingly brimming with informal vendors selling freshly picked fruit.

Still, sweet tropical fruits are no substitute for a proper diet, and protests are spreading as delivery trunks be
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