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lapfog_1

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1. a;ready started... heard this today from a Venezuelan refugee friend in Chile

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sat Jan 3, 2026, 02:56 PM

Jan 3

"I have a cousin in Caracas. She told me that everything is awful, that the supermarkets have no food left, that the pharmacies have nothing, and what little they do have is incredibly expensive. She asked me for money, and I told her I didn't have any. I felt bad. But she's right. "

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