But this time socialism will work!
Posted on 04/30/2016 2:57:13 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
CARACAS, Venezuela—The largest private Venezuelan company and producer of 80% of the beer consumed here began to shut down its last beer plant on Friday, the latest deprivation in a country crippled by shortages.
After Empresas Polar SA closed its three other beer plants over the past several days, the shutting of the San Joaquin plant, near Valencia, will leave just a week’s supply of beer, the company said. Like many other firms here, Polar blames the government, which hasn’t allocated the dollars the company needs to pay for imported raw materials such as malted barley.
President Nicolás Maduro’s government controls access to dollars, doling them out via a stringent currency exchange in which many companies find it hard to pay suppliers abroad.
(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...
Sean Penn, Danny Glover and other celebrity Chavistas should hustle to Venezuela, roll up their sleeves, and fix all the country’s problems. Surely as tight as the were with Hugo, they have the inside scoop on running a socialist paradise? Why not show up now when they are really needed, stand-ins for their dearly departed buddy? Surely the people love them...right???
When a nation rich in oil reserves runs out of beer you know things are completely out of whack.
Socialism consumes everything. Even the beer.
I would brew my own beer. I gots to have cold beer.
OMG no Polar Beer! The V’s will go nuts!
Where are they going to get grain and hops?
Wonder if this includes the tourist spots? Going to the beach in VZ with no cervesa??
By the way, you don’t use a still to make beer.
LOL, evidently so...
I’m thinking that, under the circumstances, that they’d want something stronger.
It'll be good to drive some self-sufficiency into the peeps.
Venezuela has (until now) highest per capita beer consumption of any country in South America.
Bush’s Fault!!!!
Well in Venezuela, you would have no refrigeration even if you were able to brew your own beer.
Everyone must sacrifice until everyone is satisfied ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Meh5BXBdx_A&index=27&list=RDHX4J5EUdO_g
Except that there are shortages in all of the ingredients necessary to make beer (barley, hops, yeast and clean water), if you already acquired all of the components necessary to make a still. Plus the currency has no value with which to import anything from somewhere else.
Basically, Venezuela is quickly reaching the socialist ideal of equality for all. Equally miserable.
LOL, good one!
But this time socialism will work!
Free College without Beer?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.