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Soaring inflation in Venezuela has left couples in the country feeling deflated as the cost of their sex lives surges.
A pack of 36 condoms in the predominantly Catholic country now cost an eye-watering Sh 45,000
The nation - where abortion is illegal and rates of HIV infection and teenage pregnancy are among the highest in South America - has seen the price of household goods rocket after a collapse in oil prices.
According to a BBC report, oil makes up 95% of Venezuela’s exports, and shop shelves have been left empty due to inflation caused by a lack of imported goods.
Lovers queue for blocks in the hope of picking up a packet of prophylactics, but some pharmacists in the capital, Caracas, have ran out entirely.
The country's leader, Nicolas Maduro, recently visited China, Iran and Russia on a world tour to try to drum up investment and credit.
But now the president has ordered the takeover of private supermarket chain Dia a Dia, who he accused of causing food shortages.
