Originally Posted by
supermintyfresh
Any updates for 2016? It seems like the country is near collapse and people are getting mugged even at the airport.
The situation securitywise is similar to last year. You have to be careful, but especially in more rural areas you are ok. People are indeed waiting for a change in policy. Shortages and very large queues to get some basic commodities are the rule. However if you have money and know the right people you get almost everything. There are power outages all over the country usually two hours once or twice a day.
Regarding your question about cheap flights, the haydays where you could buy in local currency are over, however due to low passenger volumes I guess, there were very recently some interesting fares from Europe to CCS for around 500 euros, but not really MR material. Life in Venezuela is cheap. A meal cost about 3-4 dollars, hotels have increased their prices, but you still get good accomodation for around 40-50 dollars.