Venezuelan Glorimar Montano saved up for months to pay the $120 for a single dose of the vaccine that protects against the cancer-causing HPV virus a shot that is free and compulsory in most other countries.
Although their government promised years ago to include the HPV vaccine in its free inoculation schedule, Venezuela remains one of the few Latin American countries not to have done so.
Some Venezuelan migrants are returning to their country due to an apparent resurgence of opportunities after going through eight years of recession and four years of hyperinflation.