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Woman, 80, trampled to death in Venezuelan supermarket stampede
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/venezuela/11832443/Woman-80-trampled-to-death-in-Venezuelan-supermarket-stampede.html ^
| By Reuters 5:16AM BST 29 Aug 2015
| By Reuters 5:16AM BST 29 Aug 2015
Posted on 08/31/2015 6:28:13 PM PDT by Kartographer
An 80-year-old Venezuelan woman died, possibly from trampling, in a scrum outside a state supermarket selling subsidized goods, the opposition and media said on Friday. The melee at the store in Sabaneta, the birthplace of former Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, was the latest such incident in the South American nation where economic hardship and food shortages are creating long queues and scuffles.
The opposition Democratic Unity coalition said Maria Aguirre died and another 75 people were injured including five security officials in chaotic scenes when National Guard troops sought to control a 5,000-strong crowd with teargas.
Due to the shortage of food
the desperation is enormous, local opposition politician Andres Camejo said, according to the coalitions website. It published a photo of an elderly womans body lying inert on a concrete floor.
Camejo said thieves had also attacked the crowd, members of which were seeking to buy cheap food on offer at an outlet of the states Mercal supermarket chain in Barinas state.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food; Society
KEYWORDS: communism; economy; venezuela
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
Socialism: you wait for bread
Capitalism: bread wait for you
41
posted on
08/31/2015 7:27:41 PM PDT
by
Flick Lives
(One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast. -- Heinlein)
To: Kartographer
People need to save themselves from communism before it gets this desperate.
42
posted on
08/31/2015 7:28:16 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Kartographer
Welcome to the socialism of Venezuela ....
43
posted on
08/31/2015 7:31:01 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
("Nobody Said I Was Perfect But Yet Here I Am")
To: Secret Agent Man
People need to save themselves from communism before it gets this desperate.
Know what? This is the goal of the elites.
Anybody who pokes the eye of the elite is a fighter for me. Wonder who does that?
44
posted on
08/31/2015 7:33:20 PM PDT
by
867V309
(Trump: Bull in a RINO Shoppe)
To: Kartographer
Ain’t communism wonderful?
45
posted on
08/31/2015 7:35:12 PM PDT
by
beethovenfan
(Islam is a cancer on civilization.)
To: Kartographer
So by all means, vote for Bernie!
46
posted on
08/31/2015 7:44:44 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(In a Time of Universal Deceit, Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act)
To: Kartographer
Bolivar vendría dar la vuelta en su tumba.
47
posted on
08/31/2015 7:45:30 PM PDT
by
onedoug
To: Kartographer
When some bureaucrat is in charge of all imports and payment schedules (nobody getting paid)
You know starvation is coming
48
posted on
08/31/2015 7:49:30 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Cruz is for real, 100%)
To: SkyPilot
And what if, via Executive Order, Obama declares all gold ownership, sale, or transfer to be illegal, just as FDR did in 1933?
When my grandmother passed away, I helped my father clean out her house (I was a pre teen then). She lived through the Depression and the gold ban. There were gold coins hidden everywhere, in books, boxes,etc everywhere. Guess she never turned them in!
No one will turn their gold in, but rather use it under the table as currency. There will be a currency, it is necessary.
49
posted on
08/31/2015 7:51:59 PM PDT
by
Aut Pax Aut Bellum
(I love my dog, but a .45 is man's best friend...)
To: Kartographer
No blood for oil. .... Oops. Wrong situation..... Wait a minute.....
50
posted on
08/31/2015 7:56:55 PM PDT
by
justa-hairyape
(The use of the name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
To: SkyPilot
They are finger printing anyone who buys food.
The best they can do with me is to photograph the backside of my very large middle finger.
51
posted on
08/31/2015 7:57:32 PM PDT
by
jy8z
(When push comes disguised as nudge, I do not budge.)
To: 867V309
Prepping will only get you so far. When your neighbors find out you got some good stuff, you’ll thank me.
52
posted on
08/31/2015 7:58:10 PM PDT
by
demshateGod
(The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
To: 867V309
"Anybody who pokes the eye of the elite is a fighter for me. Wonder who does that?"
No one of mankind.
53
posted on
08/31/2015 8:00:09 PM PDT
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
To: Kartographer
"When civilization ends, it ends fast"
Fear the Walking Socialists
54
posted on
08/31/2015 8:02:14 PM PDT
by
PA Engineer
(Liberate America from the Occupation Media. #2ndAmendmentMatters)
To: silverleaf
Who could tell. It is very possible the whole vote count was fraudulent.
55
posted on
08/31/2015 8:02:45 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Cruz is for real, 100%)
To: Lake Living
It’s coming here no matter who is in the White House. It’s the Congress that has to act, and they are all beholden to K street—be the D or R.
We can pick up the pieces, but it will be a while.
To: familyop
"Anybody who pokes the eye of the elite is a fighter for me. Wonder who does that?"
No one of mankind.
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Hmmm. Trump called Huma's husband Weener a perv.
That's flying pretty close to the flame.
57
posted on
08/31/2015 8:05:39 PM PDT
by
867V309
(Trump: Bull in a RINO Shoppe)
To: 867V309
58
posted on
08/31/2015 8:11:15 PM PDT
by
PA Engineer
(Liberate America from the Occupation Media. #2ndAmendmentMatters)
To: PA Engineer
"Let me tell you something about humans, nephew: They're a wonderful, friendly people - as long as their bellies are full and their holosuites are working." "But take away their creature comforts, deprive them of food, sleep, sonic showers, put their lives in jeopardy over an extended period of time and those friendly, intelligent, wonderful people...will become as nasty and as violent as the most blood-thirsty Klingon."
Quark from: The Siege of AR-558 Star Trek Deep Space Nine
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posted on
08/31/2015 8:11:32 PM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: 867V309; demshateGod; Teacher317
Home invasions would be done mainly in cities and not happen for long. With fuel very expensive if not virtually impossible to get, invasions against homes far from cities would not be feasible. Rural people also know their own places very well, have relatively well secured places and are nearly all armed. As for the “without-rule-of-law” fantasy, laws have always been and always will be. And the less law enforcement, the more brutal punishments await thieves, kidnappers and murderers.
60
posted on
08/31/2015 8:13:22 PM PDT
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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