COVID-19 lockdown sparks entrepreneurial spirit in Venezuela

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COVID-19 lockdown sparks entrepreneurial spirit in Venezuela

Some have turned their homes into makeshift restaurants to get by during the pandemic

Published: August 26, 2020 15:26 Compiled by Christian Borbon with inputs from AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Venezuela_-_Working_From_Home_56719.jpg-85419-1598440959508 — When coronavirus quarantines shut down street vendors in Venezuela's capital, Dioselis Bello pushed her hot dog cart inside her house and reopened for business. Like many struggling to get by, she can't survive long without working. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Venezuela_-_Working_From_Home_18270.jpg-9fc22-1598440971055 — Now, customers walk up to her front window to order a traditional Venezuelan arepa, or perhaps a hamburger or soup. Bello says business isn't like it was when she worked her portable griddle on the bustling street, but she's happy to earn a living. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Venezuela_-_Working_From_Home_12133.jpg-06ba1-1598440968669 — Cook Jose Antonio Subero works making 'arepas' from La Flaca food cart set up inside the home of the cart's owner Dioselis Bello as customers wait on the other side of the burglar bars in the Santa Rosalia neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Venezuela_-_Working_From_Home_50352.jpg-5cfbc-1598440973518 — Edward Sepulveda signals to drivers that there are hotdogs and hamburgers for sale at a residence in the San Agustin neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela Image Credit: AP

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20200826 venezuela — Food items, cigarettes and candles sit for sale behind the burglar bars of a private residence, where a couple on a bed calculates their sales in the Santa Rosalia neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Venezuela_-_Working_From_Home_71495.jpg-24493-1598440964252 — Isabel Quevedo, 42, started selling candy, bread, cigarettes and soft drinks from the window in her house after suddenly being laid off from a clothing store that closed due to the pandemic. That has allowed her to feed herself and her grandson. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Venezuela_-_Working_From_Home_69755.jpg-f59c8-1598440961892 — A similar entrepreneurial spirit led Rosmer Diaz, a 28-year-old government employee, to convert the his public apartment building's trash deposit - a ground-floor room the size of a large closet - into a small shop selling food and household necessities. Image Credit: AP

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Copy of Virus_Outbreak_Venezuela_-_Working_From_Home_99239.jpg-25bd9-1598440966465 — Hamburger and hotdog vendor Pablo Emilio Buitrago makes a burger for a customer from his food stand inside his girlfriend's home in the San Agustin neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela. Image Credit: AP

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