Venezuela's slow economic recovery leaves poorest behind - BBC News

A crisis-hit economy shows signs of life – but in the capital, some are still barely scraping by.

10 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsVenezuela crisisImage caption, Sixteen-year-old Aray runs an ice-cream parlour to help her mother make ends meetAfter eight years of economic crisis, Venezuela's economy is showing a few signs of recovery. But as BBC News Mundo's Norberto Paredes reports from Caracas, while some of those living in the capital's poorest neighbourhoods are trying to make the most of the new opportunities opening up, many have yet to feel the benefits of the apparent economic rebound.

"I was about to turn 15 and I wasn't sure if I wanted a party, a present or just the funds to open a small ice cream shop," says Aray Arias Torres of the decision that led her to become one of the latest young entrepreneurs to set up shop in Barrio San Blas, one of Caracas' most dangerous neighbourhoods.

Foregoing the traditional party held in Venezuela when a girl turns 15, Aray decided to use the money gifted to her by friends and relatives to "help my mum and family make money".

She set up a little ice cream parlour where she sells sorbets at prices ranging between $2 (£1.63) and $8 (£6.51).

Image caption, Aray has named her little shop AraiceVenezuela's national currency is the bolivar, but during a four-year period of hyperinflation, it became almost worthless.

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