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Venezuelans get water from mountain spring amid shortage

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Already a common practice for decades, more and more residents from Caracas's impoverished middle class are turning to the natural springs on Waraira Repano mountain for free water, due to the cost of bottled water and a strict rationing plan implemented by the government.

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