{"id":5229,"date":"2026-05-12T02:43:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T02:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/venezuelas-butt-lift-boom-bbc-reel\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T02:43:25","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T02:43:25","slug":"venezuelas-butt-lift-boom-bbc-reel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/venezuelas-butt-lift-boom-bbc-reel\/","title":{"rendered":"Venezuela&#8217;s &#8216;butt-lift&#8217; boom &#8211; BBC REEL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SQMEwEP0LqM?autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>The South American country is facing political and economic crises. But neighbours from the south are bringing new business in a surprising way.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil: home of its namesake \u201cbutt lift,\u201d South America\u2019s largest country has long had a thriving plastic surgery industry that has fuelled countless liposuctions, implants, nips and tucks.<\/p>\n<p>But recently, the economic woes of Brazil\u2019s northern neighbour Venezuela are prompting more Brazilians to cross the border for surgery, where cosmetic tweaks are far cheaper.<\/p>\n<p>Under the administration of its president Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela has been stricken by falling oil revenues, violent anti-government protests and widespread food shortages. Inflation is rife and the value of the country\u2019s currency \u2013 the bolivar \u2013 has dropped dramatically since early 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The sudden increase in purchasing power has created a unique opportunity for Francisca Maia Vasconcelos, who has built a business ferrying patients, mostly from the city of Manaus in Brazil, across the border to the Venezuelan town of Puerto Ordaz, where surgeries are cheaper.<\/p>\n<p>Though prices vary, a liposuction, breast and buttock augmentation surgery in Venezuela can cost Brazilians around 10,000 real ($3,098). In Brazil the same procedures can cost closer to 30,000 real.<\/p>\n<p>Video by Heidi Lipsanen.<\/p>\n<p>For more videos from BBC REEL visit: http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/reel\/<\/p>\n<p>#bbcreel #bbc #bbcnews<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SQMEwEP0LqM\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The South American country is facing political and economic crises. But neighbours from the south are bringing new business in a surprising way. Brazil: home of its namesake \u201cbutt lift,\u201d South America\u2019s largest country has long had a thriving plastic surgery industry that has fuelled countless liposuctions, implants, nips and tucks. But recently, the economic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":113,"featured_media":5230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[15,138,116,10229],"class_list":["post-5229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-humans","tag-bbc","tag-bbc-capital","tag-bbc-reel","tag-venezuela","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/113"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}