By AFP - Agence France Presse
January 7, 2021
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Venezuela's military control the country's gas stations -- taxi drivers complain that this gives soldiers moonlighting as drivers for extra cash an unfair advantage
Rolando Duarte
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In crisis-hit Venezuela, even soldiers are struggling to make ends meet on meager salaries rendered practically worthless by the highest inflation in the world and have taken to moonlighting -- as taxi drivers.
Some have taken to sneaking out of their barracks to pick up customers needing a lift -- a job that can earn them 60 times their monthly salary with just one trip.