Posted on 01/12/2015 9:56:42 PM PST by GeronL
Monday January 12, 2015 01:40 PM
Last Friday, dozens of people spent the night in the surroundings of the Andrés Bello square (north Caracas) to buy food in an outdoor market organized by the Venezuelan Ministry of Food.
For taking home staples such as rice, pre-cooked corn flour, milk, oil, sugar, beef or chicken, people had to wait in line for at least twelve hours. Buyers had numbers written on their arms. With fear and anger, but with the need to buy food, they were waiting there since the day before. "No matter if I am very fond of this government, this is not fair," a consumer said waiting in a line, where she spent seventeen hours.
Aware of the situation, Vice-President of Food Security and Sovereignty Carlos Osorio urged people to keep calm. He said that lines in recent days in supermarkets and government-sponsored markets show that there is enough food to meet Venezuelans' demand. "Are people upset about making lines?" Of course they are! but how can we attend to 4,000 people simultaneously? There is no choice but to wait in lines. We are calling people to keep calm, for there is food for everyone," he said.
Further, the minister stated that there is over 600 tons of food in state-run marketing networks to meet demand. He pointed out that the situation will be revised in private supermarkets and grocery stores.
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A full scale food panic looks probable. Will resemble the 1920s runs on banks ... only this time for food. Is a bit surprising that have only seen here and not lame-stream media. Guess the lame-stream smells blood and is circling, like sharks, for the moment.
They need to overthrow their dictator.
Imagine that there are no Air Jordans, it’s easy if you try. No more sneaker murders and the hood will live as one.
I think that’s how it goes...
The only people with guns are the cops (many are also crooks), military (same thing) and the thugs on the payroll (usually paid through the state oil company)
They might be happier in jail in that case.
You want to know what those people in line aren’t doing for 12 hours a day? Working. This will cut 25% out of their GDP right there.
If things keep spiraling down like this, how much longer can this last?
We are talking about real shortages now, not just of a few things here and there but almost everything. Posts on Venezuelan blogs are saying that people have pretty much depleted their savings (which makes sense in a country with very very high inflation)
I’m not sure there are many jobs left in that country
Reminds me of the old Reagan joke:
“The party official asks a farmer how things are going, and the farmer replies that the harvest is so bountiful that the potatoes would reach the ‘foot of God’ if piled on top of one another.”
” ‘But this is the Soviet Union,’’ says the commissar, ‘there is no God here.’ The farmer replies, ‘That’s all right, there are no potatoes, either.’”
The official unemployment rate is less than 6%
nobody believes it of course
check out this story:http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-10/venezuela-forces-employment-even-with-shuttered-factories.html
They can use molotov cocktails and baseball bats if they have to do.
“We are calling people to keep calm, for there is food for everyone,” he said.”
Well, SURE there is, LOL. That’s why people have to wait in line for an entire day in hopes of getting basic foodstuffs.
Notice, also, he said “there is food for everyone” and not how MUCH food there is for everyone. Enjoy your allotted ration amount this month, comrades!
Where is Venezuela’s Pinochet?
Official statistics or not, everyone works in Venezuela. It might be black market, but everyone should be doing something to keep things going. Except for the people in line, unless you want to count the food at the end as payment. Then the salary for a day’s wait is a couple of day’s food. Not very productive.
Being this has been going on (shortages) for five years ... Appears like the panic is feeding the panic. The people bring in the supplies may never get the situation fully under control ever. Scary thoughts for the people trying to bring the goods and supplies into the marketplace. Five years is a long time for people to remain patient. Truly am surprised things have not gone from bad to worse, worse, worst.
good question
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The one hundred trillion dollar question. Really wish I knew Geron ... Much is going to depend on the people and what supplies and goods are available. Have no idea if starvation has begun but will say should people begin dying in line for food ... Full panic may or will ensue.
Obama's drooling over that one. He's thinking we need an Obama Ministry of Food and a Food Czar.
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