User:JustinePorto/Public toilets in Venezuela

Public toilets in Venezuela used a mix of sit and squat toilets, do not provide toilet paper and often charge a small fee.

Public toilets
Sit flush toilets are the most common type of toilet in Latin America and South America. Venezuela uses a mix of sit and squat toilets. Public toilets often do not have toilet paper. Public pay toilets are common. The typical charge to use a public toilet is Bs1.

Bidets were popular for personal use in 2018.

Regional and global situation impacting public toilets in Venezuela
Baño is the most common way to say toilet in Spanish speaking countries. Other words for toilet include aseo, váter, retrete, servicio, lavabo, sanitarios, regadera, bidé, tina, lavamanos and orinal. Men's toilets are called hombres, while women's toilets are called mujeres. Unisex toilets are called baño unisex. Toilet paper is called papel higiénico.

Public toilet access around the world is most acute in the Global South, with around 3.6 billion people, 40% of the world's total population, lacking access to any toilet facilities. 2.3 people in the the Global South do not have toilet facilities in their residence. Despite the fact that the United Nation made a declaration in 2010 that clean water and sanitation is a human right, little has been done in many places towards addressing this on a wider level.

Most countries in Latin and South America do not have the sanitation infrastructure to support toilet paper being flushed. Trash cans are typically put next to the toilet to allow for easy disposal of toilet paper. In the early 2000s, it was very rare for public toilets to have wheelchair access anywhere in south America. The few that were available tended to be at upscale shopping centers.

German notions of cultural codes around the usage of public toilets has been exported to many parts of the world as a result of German colonialism, but many places in Africa and the Pacific continue to challenge those norms around cleanliness well into the 2010s. Local resistance to toilet cleanliness justified further German repression on the part of the local population.