In Venezuela, according to studies carried out by the Andrés Bello Catholic University -private- and the public Central de Venezuela (UCV) and Simón Bolívar (USB), extreme poverty is close to 80%, to this are added the anthropometric data on child malnutrition: 30% of those under the age of five – 639,000 children – have chronic malnutrition or short stature, a percentage that is well above the region’s neighbors and is only surpassed by Guatemala.

Source: EL PAÍS