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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Face of Hunger and Malnutrition in Venezuela
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/2016/10/face-hunger-malnutrition-venezuela-161007055723064.htmlCaracas, Venezuela - Venezuela is in the midst of a severe economic crisis. The country, though one of the richest in natural resources, has been called the worst economy of 2016 by the International Monetary Fund, and its inflation rate could reach 700 percent by the end of the year.
Today, the biggest concern for Venezuelans is the food shortage, together with rampant crime and the lack of medicine.
Every day, thousands of people reach supermarkets or shops, sometimes as early as dawn, patiently waiting in long lines just to buy a few pieces of basic food items, such as rice or flour, at a lower price set by the government.
The alternative to "colas" (food lines in Spanish) can be found in expensive supermarkets, where only the wealthy can afford to shop. The others rely on "bachaqueros", or food smugglers who re-sell on the street subsidised goods at much higher prices.
Keep in mind that this is from AL JAZEERA, not one of those news sources that a lot of Venezuela's useful idiots claim to be right-leaning. It's become damn near impossible now to keep defending the failed experiment that is chavismo
dembotoz
(16,808 posts)we have never experienced hunger
we have never or never will be a refugee
guy i know
hmong from se asia....crossed into thailand
lived with his parents in the jungle scrounging for stuff to eat
now in the us for years
citizen
responsible good job
the starvation changed him
to this day he freaks out a bit when food goes to waste
he still has nightmares
salin
(48,955 posts)Marengo
(3,477 posts)Nevernose
(13,081 posts)Although Chavez's successor is, apparently, not nearly as competent.
Marksman_91
(2,035 posts)And these problems have been coming since before the oil prices dropped. It's all due to the Chavista regimes utter incompetence and corruption, nothing to do with the CIA/Illuminati/Lizard people "sabotaging" the Venezuelan economy like some dunces in this site claim
closeupready
(29,503 posts)Serious question. ?
Marksman_91
(2,035 posts)But most of my close friends and family still live there. I haven't been able to get back since my student visa expired last year. And I keep up with the news coming from Venezuelan sources there. Thank God the Chavista government can't censor social media. But you look at TV and radio, though, and you'll see that no channel there covers anything about the opposition protests or anything that might make the Chavista government look bad. The internet is literally the only outlet we have to say the truth, since everything else is under the Maduro administration's control. Even Globovisión, which was the last opposition-owned channel, was bought off by a pro-government magnate back in 2013.