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Beirut (Lebanon), Mar 12 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Wael Hamzeh).- Lebanese are struggling amid the current economic and political crisis, which has been worsened since the local currency has hit a record low.FOOTAGE OF BUSINESSES IN BEIRUT.
Beirut (Lebanon), 13 July (EFE/EPA), (Camera: Wael Hamzeh).- A group of Lebanese people demonstrated on Monday in front of the German Embassy in Beirut to request immigration visas from German authorities. Lebanon is suffering its worst economic crisis since the end of the civil war (1975-1990) with an inflation that has reached 17% this year, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), compared to 2.9% last year, which has caused the price of products to rise. Many citizens fear that growing unemployment, poverty, the devaluation of the Lebanese pound and the COVID-19 pandemic, could lead to another violent conflict. FOOTAGE OF THE DEMONSTRATION IN FRONT OF THE GERMAN EMBASSY IN BEIRUT INCLUDING STATEMENTS BY ONE OF THE DEMONSTRATORS. TRANSLATIONS:1. "Please, we need the help of the German people. We cannot continue to live here. Our children are dying of hunger."2. "Please, dear Merkel, help us, help our children. We need to go to Germany. We will work, we will pay taxes. We don't need any welfare to live, we need to work."3. "Please help us. Please help our children."
Beirut (Lebanon), Apr 28 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Wael Hamzeh).- A group of anti-government protesters took to the streets of Beirut and smashed banks amid Lebanon's economic crisis and the coronavirus pandemic.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTESTS.
Wael Hamzeh Beirut, Sep 17 (EFE).- (Camera: Wael Hamzeh ) After over two months of fighting cancer at home, Salma’s mother has landed a coveted hospital bed in a public hospital outside Beirut but that does not guarantee her access to treatment amid Lebanon’s deepening economic crisis. FOOTAGE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY AT RAFIC HARIRI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL.SOUNDBITES FROM THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY AT RAFIC HARIRI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, ISSAM CHEHADE; AND SALMA, THE DAUGHTER OF A CANCER PATIENT ADMITTED TO THE RAFIC HARIRI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL.TRANSLATIONHead of the Department of Hematology and Oncology at Rafic Hariri University Hospital, Issam Chehade:1. "We are heading towards a catastrophic situation if the crisis continues like this and no solutions are found."2. "We are in the loop that the (Central) Bank of Lebanon approved it and the shipment will arrive. It is part of our daily routine to call the drug companies and they tell us next week."3. "And when the shipment arrives it is very limited and is distributed according to priority."Salma, daughter of a cancer patient admitted to Rafic Hariri University Hospital, outside Beirut:4. "I started looking for other alternatives such as the Syrian or Iranian version of these drugs, but they harm her, she cannot sleep."5. "We could not admit her to a hospital because she does not have health insurance and it is very difficult to put someone in a hospital through the Ministry of Health."
Beirut, Sep 11 (EFE/EPA).- The political and economic crisis leaves Lebanon in a complete darkness as citizens experience power outages of approximately 20 hours a day.In addition to the power outages, the country's hospitals had to stop their services while gasoline and diesel importing companies announced that the existing stock would run out at the beginning of next week as they await the approval of the Central Bank to release the credits, or the country will be completely paralyzed. (Camera: NABIL MOUNZER) SHOT LIST: A GENERAL VIEW OVER BEIRUT WITH LIGHTS ON ONLY AT SOME BUILDINGS, IN BEIRUT, LEBANON.
Buenos Aires, Aug 18 (EFE).- (Camera: Alberto Caratozzolo) Kid trousers for some milk, a jumper for diapers, two kid joggers for three packets of sugar, a jacket for bread or some noodles for T-shirts.Argentinians are having to exchange clothes, appliances or toys for food and basic goods, as a barter economy takes over in the midst of a devastating financial crisis that is only getting worse due to the Covid-19 pandemic. FOOTAGE OF BARTER MARKET IN BUENOS AIRES
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