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A truck with a crane is positioned next to a house to start drilling a well in search of water, which is abundant under the ground in the Caracas valley. CREDIT: Courtesy of José Manuel García CARACAS, Mar 4 2021 (IPS) - Thousands of families in the Venezuelan capital have dipped into their savings or gone into debt, in the midst of the worst economic crisis in this country since the 19th century, so that their building has access to a well that will supply the water that has stopped running from the faucet. “It was hard to find the money, but it was worth it, it has changed our lives; we said goodbye to the jerry cans,” retired high school teacher Cristina Hernández, whose pension is a few dollars a month, told IPS while holding her hands under the water running from the tap in the kitchen of her apartment in the Los Palos Grandes housing complex in eastern Caracas.

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