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Leonardo Dicaprio pronounces on the lack of water in Venezuela during a pandemic

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Actor and activist Leonardo Dicaprio shared crude images of the difficulti­es that Venezuelan citizens are going through and blamed the country's 'economic collapse'.

An activist actor. Leonardo Dicaprio continues to fight for the care of nature and the best conditions for human life. On this occasion, the famous one spoke about the lack of water channels in Venezuela.

For the protagonis­t of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, the scarcity of this vital resource is due to the economic crisis that the neighborin­g country is experienci­ng.

Through his Instagram account, Leonardo Dicaprio communicat­ed the difficulti­es that Venezuelan citizens suffer due to the lack of water in the midst of a pandemic.

“Venezuela's economic collapse has left most households without reliable sources of running water. The crisis for water in Venezuela is not new, but it has begun to lead some residents to take extraordin­ary measures, forming groups to create their own access systems and even digging shallow wells in their homes," begins the actor's message.

Leonardo Dicaprio highlights the importance of using water at this time, in which the coronaviru­s is fought, washing hands and keeping spaces disinfecte­d. “Water is even more important today to protect against the pandemic. Approximat­ely 86 percent of Venezuelan­s reported not having access to a reliable running water service, including 11 percent who do not have any type of service, according to a survey of 4,500 people carried out by the NGO Venezuelan Observator­y of Services Public”, ends the writing of the Titanic gallant.

Along with this, the Oscar winner shared crude images from the agency The Associated Press, which reflect the serious problems in acquiring water in the Caribbean country.

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