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We're in the maternity waiting room at Hospital Universitario Erasmomeos, the main public hospital in Cucuta, Colombia's biggest border city with Venezuela.

It's before the pandemic and there are some 15 pregnant women sitting in the green towel hallway.

It's hot and the fans are buzzing.

The women sit quietly in tank tops and flip flops. They rubbed their prominent bellies.

One young woman stands out. She's wearing a pink wool beanie.

Squish between two older bulky women. She looks fragile in her blue hospital gown.

She holds an IV bag in her left hand. Her name is Exibel and Riquis.

Exibel traveled alone more than 700 miles from Antswatigui, her hometown in Northeastern Venezuela.

She was afraid of giving birth in her home country because Venezuelan hospitals have no resources and she couldn't afford a private clinic.

And clearly she wasn't the only one. More than half of the women in the waiting room are in Venezuelan 2.

My conversation with Exibel ends abruptly. She's having really painful contractions and a nurse takes her way into the delivery room.

At 20 years old, she's about to give birth to her second child.

None of her pregnancies were planned.

From Futuro Media, it's Latino USA. I'm Mariano Rosa. Today, birth control or the lack of it in times of economic crisis.

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