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In Venezuela, Cooking With Firewood as Currency Collapses [1300 words - no "S" word!]
The New York Times ^
| September 2nd, 2017
| ANA VANESSA HERRERO and NICHOLAS CASEY
Posted on 09/04/2017 6:24:05 PM PDT by Bon mots
CARACAS, Venezuela — Food shortages were already common in Venezuela, so Tabata Soler knew painfully well how to navigate the country’s black market stalls to get basics like eggs and sugar.
But then came a shortage she couldn’t fix: Suddenly, there was no propane gas for sale to do the cooking.
And so for several nights this summer, Ms. Soler prepared dinner above a makeshift fire of broken wooden crates set ablaze with kerosene to feed her extended family of 12.
“There was no other option,” said Ms. Soler, a 37-year-old nurse, while scouting again for gas for her stove. “We went back to the past where we cooked soup with firewood.”
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: communism; liberalslie; msmlies; newyorktimes; nyttimeslies; socialism; venezuela
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To: Bon mots
In North Korea, people might be eating people soon.
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posted on
09/04/2017 6:55:53 PM PDT
by
familyop
("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
To: Bon mots
This just shows the rest of the world what a disaster Socialism is. Venezuela is sitting on top of trillions of dollars worth of natural resources while their population starves.
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posted on
09/04/2017 7:13:27 PM PDT
by
wjcsux
(The hyperventilating of the left means we are winning! (Tagline courtesy of Laz.))
To: Bon mots
They’re still stuck on stupid. Stupid continuous votes for Socialism. Stupid not putting in every square inch of dirt and window sills with vegetables and fruit. Stupid not to cook on homemade solar ovens and save the firewood for when it’s cold.
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posted on
09/04/2017 7:14:56 PM PDT
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
To: Bon mots
The people of Venezuela need to rebel an overthrow the socialist government while they still have the strength.
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posted on
09/04/2017 7:15:09 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Conservatives love America for what it is. Liberals hate America for the same reason.)
To: KC_Lion; SkyDancer
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posted on
09/04/2017 7:16:38 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: SaveFerris
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posted on
09/04/2017 7:19:05 PM PDT
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
To: MtnClimber
Socialism is always just a few million more murders away from utopia.
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posted on
09/04/2017 7:20:31 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Conservatives love America for what it is. Liberals hate America for the same reason.)
To: Bon mots
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posted on
09/04/2017 7:33:50 PM PDT
by
Big Red Badger
(UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
To: Blood of Tyrants
Send Pablo Sandoval there. He’ll get his swing back since theres no food there. H needs to lose weight.
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posted on
09/04/2017 7:34:46 PM PDT
by
DIRTYSECRET
(urope. Why do they put up with this.)
To: Steely Tom
indeed - the article is lying by omission.
To: Bon mots
Deforestation, brought to you by Socialists.
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posted on
09/04/2017 7:42:20 PM PDT
by
Uncle Miltie
(Anitfa = Anti-F.A. = Anti-First Ammendment)
To: bgill
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posted on
09/04/2017 7:44:23 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: Republican Wildcat
[indeed - the article is lying by omission.]
It’s what the MSM and the local lying media do every day. They have turned it into a fine art.
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posted on
09/04/2017 7:45:15 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: Fiddlstix
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posted on
09/04/2017 7:54:05 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: Bon mots
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posted on
09/04/2017 8:48:50 PM PDT
by
Bon mots
(Laughing at liberal tears!)
To: Bon mots
“Quite amazing how the New York Times can write over 1300 words on the collapse of Venezuela and not once mention the word “SOCIALISM”.”
Nor Cuba, Syria, Iran, or Russia. All of those see Venezuela as a foothold into Latin America.
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posted on
09/04/2017 10:22:08 PM PDT
by
VanShuyten
("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
To: Flycatcher
There’s only one solution: more socialism! Why stop with a little socialism, when you can double down and go full-bore communist? Really, let's not just dip our toes into collectivism; let's dive right on into a fully state-run economy!
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posted on
09/05/2017 4:36:44 AM PDT
by
Lou L
(Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
To: Bon mots
While the push for socialism is the root cause of Venezuela’s problems, the government they now have is a brutal dictatorship.
Funny how it usually works out that way.
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posted on
09/05/2017 5:37:53 AM PDT
by
Mister Da
(The mark of a wise man is not what he knows, but what he knows he doesn't know!)
To: Bon mots
It’s Massachuttesism in action in Venezuela. Los Angeles on the Orinoco, New york on the Carribean
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posted on
09/05/2017 5:40:34 AM PDT
by
bert
(K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column)
To: Billthedrill
Coming soon to a state near you...... Illinois
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posted on
09/05/2017 5:44:08 AM PDT
by
bert
(K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column)
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