The minimum wage in Venezuela reached this
Friday one dollar per month, according to the exchange rate of the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV), an amount that is supplemented with government bonuses of up to 160 dollars, paid at the daily rate of the issuing body to public employees and without impact on the calculation of labor benefits.
The dollar, according to the official rate of the BCV, was located this Friday at 131.12 bolívares.
The phrase "Finally, they did it..." resonates with bitter sarcasm in Venezuela, where the minimum wage and pension have collapsed to a figure that, officially, is equivalent to one U.S. dollar.
This situation is more than a simple statistic; it is the reflection of a human drama that deepens day by day.
For more than three years, the minimum wage has remained frozen at 130 bolívares. What at the time represented a value of around 30 dollars, today, due to constant devaluation, barely reaches one dollar.
The Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in its article 91, guarantees the right to a decent wage, which must be sufficient to cover the basic needs of the worker and their family. However, the current reality completely denies this principle.
The minimum wage has become a symbolic figure, a payment of hunger that condemns millions of Venezuelans to extreme poverty and desperate searches for alternatives to survive.
In a country where the cost of living is measured in dollars, having such a low official income is, as has been mentioned, a mockery of the right to a dignified life.
