CARACAS, Venezuela — Everyone knows Franklin Cáceres in his neighborhood on the far east side of Venezuela’s capital. But like many other issues under the watch of his successor, Nicolas Maduro, the shortages have intensified in communities like Cáceres’ and expanded to other parts of Venezuela. Compounding the problem is the decreasing value of wages after years of runaway inflation …
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Franklin Cáceres fills up tanks with water pumped from a well in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, on March 20, 2023. But like many other issues under the watch of his successor, Nicolas Maduro, the shortages have intensified in communities like Cáceres’ and expanded to other parts of Venezuela. Compounding the problem is the decreasing value of wages after …