I know that area....hot and spooky.
With Capitalism, bread waits for people.
Give them food and water, and a rifle. Areas along the borders should start cutting themselves off from Caracas. Literally. Block the roads except the ones leading out of the country and start trading and getting food from their neighbors.
Years ago I was talking with a WWII veteran of the ETO. He spent some time in the occupation. One thing he said has stuck with me;
“You’d be amazed at the things a woman will do for a can of c-rations”.
Not one word in the entire story on what caused the crisis and why the economy has collapsed. Not one word. Gotta love the AP. Still shilling for Socialism.
The southern part of Venezuela, away from the coastal cities and capital, is covered with large productive farms. It seems that after WWII large numbers of Europeans moved there and agriculture took off.