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Caracas, Feb 23 (EFE).- (Camera: Ron González) Jeanette Celis longs for the rain to fall on the depressed Caracas neighbourhood of La Vega one afternoon in late February. The water has not come out of the taps for months, a common situation in most of Venezuela.On the roof of her house, a sheet of zinc transformed into a gutter collects rainwater and diverts it to a huge tank outside the house.FOOTAGE OF NEIGHBOURHOODS IN CARACAS WITH NO RUNNING WATER.

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