Desperate Venezuelans Go To Extremes To Get Clean Water
At a Glance Venezuela’s economic collapse has left most homes without reliable running water. Residents have built their own makeshift systems. Many have to violate the COVID-19 quarantine to find drinkable water. With its economy in shambles, Venezuela's infrastructure has crumbled. Power blackouts happen regularly. Garbage goes uncollected. But it's the lack of reliable running water that has become particularly burdensome during the coronavirus pandemic. To search for water, residents routinely violate a nationwide quarantine that was imposed to slow...