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Posted on 05/16/2013 9:46:29 AM PDT by llevrok
First milk, butter, coffee and cornmeal ran short. Now Venezuela is running out of the most basic of necessities – toilet paper.
Blaming political opponents for the shortfall, as it does for other shortages, the government says it will import 50m rolls to boost supplies.
That was little comfort to consumers struggling to find toilet paper on Wednesday.
"This is the last straw," said Manuel Fagundes, a shopper hunting for tissue in Caracas.
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
did the corn crop fail this year?
“We’ve got to get this problem behind us,” the new prez exclaimed.
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