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[A BBC reporter was] Thrown out of a Venezuelan supermarket by police [12 hour wait]
BBC ^ | July 28, 2016

Posted on 08/04/2016 3:48:54 PM PDT by grundle

Shortages and the failure of systems to distribute goods make shopping for the essentials of daily life a huge challenge for many Venezuelans.

In one supermarket, where shoppers have been queuing for up to 12 hours to buy food, BBC reporter Vladimir Hernandez is surrounded by police and told to leave.

The crowd of shoppers shouts, "Let them film!" but the police threaten to hold the crew overnight in a police cell unless they delete their footage.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: venezuela

1 posted on 08/04/2016 3:48:54 PM PDT by grundle
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To: grundle
[A BBC reporter was] Thrown out of a Venezuelan supermarket by police [12 hour wait]

The Venezuelan dictator shouldn't worry about them. They won't report the failures of socialism anyway.

2 posted on 08/04/2016 3:59:57 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: grundle

Where is Father Fidel in all of this? — after all, Hugo the departed was his adopted son. So Castroism can’t or won’t help its sister nation out in supplies so desperately needed?
Viva la revoluccion— now fend for yourselves Venezuelans. Father Fidel abandons you in time of need— just like a good socialista elitist dictator would do.


3 posted on 08/04/2016 4:29:25 PM PDT by tflabo (truth or tyrrany)
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