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In a hungry Venezuela, buying too much food can get you arrested
Washington Post ^ | September 15, 2016 | Mariana Zuñiga and Nick Miroff

Posted on 09/15/2016 11:07:00 AM PDT by C19fan

The hunt for food started at 4 a.m., when Alexis Camascaro woke up to get in line outside the supermarket. By the time he arrived, there were already 100 people ahead of him.

Camascaro never made it inside. Truckloads of Venezuelan troops arrived in the darkness, arresting him and nearly 30 others seemingly pulled from the queue at random, according to his lawyer. Camascaro, 50, was charged with violating laws against interfering "directly or indirectly" with the production, transportation or sale of food. He has been in jail for three months, awaiting a hearing.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: socialism; venezuela
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The descent of Venezuela into a police state one regulation/law at a time.
1 posted on 09/15/2016 11:07:00 AM PDT by C19fan
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[ Camascaro never made it inside. Truckloads of Venezuelan troops arrived in the darkness, arresting him and nearly 30 others seemingly pulled from the queue at random, according to his lawyer. Camascaro, 50, was charged with violating laws against interfering “directly or indirectly” with the production, transportation or sale of food. He has been in jail for three months ]

If he has been fed in Jail, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

But knowing this is socialist hell hole, he is probably starving...


2 posted on 09/15/2016 11:09:57 AM PDT by GraceG (Only a fool works hard in an environment where hard work is not appreciated...)
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Hey WaPo, THIS is what happens when commie policies you support get to play out to its meaningful end. Idiots.


3 posted on 09/15/2016 11:10:40 AM PDT by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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Coming soon to an Earth near you.


4 posted on 09/15/2016 11:10:41 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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Venezuelan ‘elites’ have decided to blame the people. I’m sooooo surprised./s


5 posted on 09/15/2016 11:13:33 AM PDT by GOPJ ("..unbridled ambition, greedy... with a husband still dicking bimbos at home" -Colin Powell)
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Oh, this is because of the law against standing in line to buy food.

They’re going to come up with a law against eating.


6 posted on 09/15/2016 11:13:54 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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When we were on a two week beach vacation I spent 90 euros at the supermarket.

On a beach vacation!

7 posted on 09/15/2016 11:14:11 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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Hey Sean Penn, Rob Reiner, Cher, and the rest of the Commie libs..move to magnificent Socialist Utopia Venezuela, where buying food is criminal and you have to wait HOURS in line for toilet paper..come on Celebs, you love Socialism so much, see how long you last..I say celebs would last 2 hours tops before crying to come home


8 posted on 09/15/2016 11:15:18 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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After reading the article, it appears that Venezuela has made it illegal to stand in line at a grocery store outside of normal business hours. They assume anyone who does so is buying in bulk to resell on the black market.


9 posted on 09/15/2016 11:19:40 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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Hey Sean Penn, Rob Reiner, Cher, and the rest of the Commie libs..move to magnificent Socialist Utopia Venezuela, where buying food is criminal and you have to wait HOURS in line for toilet paper..come on Celebs, you love Socialism so much, see how long you last..I say celebs would last 2 hours tops before crying to come home

You forgot BS....Barbara Striesand.....
What was the name of their dictator was it Hugo Chavez?
Or who was it?

Who was the dictator that all the libtards were salivating over when he came to the US to tell us how bad our country is(a few years ago)


10 posted on 09/15/2016 11:23:00 AM PDT by Uversabound (Our Military past and present: Our Highest example of Brotherhood of Man & Doing God's Will)
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I would be Publica Enemy Numero Uno


11 posted on 09/15/2016 11:24:29 AM PDT by brucedickinson
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These people deserve everything they have allowed. I avert my gaze.


12 posted on 09/15/2016 11:24:52 AM PDT by WENDLE (Hillary is very ill -- ILLARY)
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In the ancient Roman Empire, they had food laws, too. And a food police.

The food cost of banquets and dinner parties was limited. Really put a crimp into the size of weddings.

13 posted on 09/15/2016 11:29:17 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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It was a lot from the cheap supermarket. Took three trips.


14 posted on 09/15/2016 11:31:12 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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Camascaro never made it inside. Truckloads of Venezuelan troops arrived in the darkness, arresting him and nearly 30 others seemingly pulled from the queue at random, according to his lawyer.

Somehow I suspect that the decision to arrest Camascaro was made before he got on line, and the line was a convenient place to make the arrest. Or perhaps there were government informants in the line, watching for people who made any anti-government remarks.

15 posted on 09/15/2016 11:33:56 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Big government is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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To: WENDLE

Well he might get fed in jail...


16 posted on 09/15/2016 11:33:58 AM PDT by kerry431
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Oh yeah almost forgot Jew Hating Babs, who calls Trump supporters clowns..hates borders but has a HUGE wall over her Malibu mega mansion..and let’s not forget how she doesn’t allow peasants to go on HER beach


17 posted on 09/15/2016 11:35:48 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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These people deserve everything they have allowed. I avert my gaze.

Remember this when it happens here and your family is starving.

18 posted on 09/15/2016 11:36:38 AM PDT by BipolarBob (I'm one big walking chemical reaction..)
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Really like the pope does not want a wall.

Well, well........


19 posted on 09/15/2016 11:38:10 AM PDT by Uversabound (Our Military past and present: Our Highest example of Brotherhood of Man & Doing God's Will)
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To: BipolarBob; WENDLE

I agree with Wendle. These people wanted Chavez and Maduro and it’s up to them to remove Maduro and the socialists. If we tried to help them we’d just be hated for being imperialists or anti-revolutionaries or something so Wendle is right that the only thing we can do is look away if it bothers us.

Sometimes we have to realize that the best way to help someone is to not help them at all. They need to figure this out for themselves.


20 posted on 09/15/2016 11:41:51 AM PDT by MeganC (JE SUIS CHARLES MARTEL!!!)
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