That's insane. Luckily it's so easy to learn online (I never finished college), but it's hard to stick with anything when you're worrying about food.
$3 is considered pricey for eggs in some places in America. If you've got a yard then you should buy a few chickens. I don't know what the layout of the homes looks like out there, but if you've got a big enough yard (or can make one), you can probably make $ selling eggs?

I was looking into the Venezuelan economy, and apparently the oil reserves tanked. When a country get's over-reliant on their natural resources, something like this often happens. It's called 'the resource curse'. They probably knew the reserves were getting low but were too stagnant to do anything about.

Maybe you should move? I'd also suggest you look into Charter Cities like Prospera in Honderas. That'll be a big thing in the next 10 years.