Posted on 08/08/2015 9:22:35 AM PDT by Impala64ssa
It’s the law of the jungle in Venezuela, as shopping for groceries becomes an increasingly dangerous activity. As the shortage crisis worsens, more and more angry mobs are raiding the nation’s supermarkets, looting whatever basic goods they can find.+
During the first half of 2015, the Venezuelan Observatory for Social Conflict (OVCS) registered no fewer than 132 incidents of looting or attempted looting at various stores throughout the country. In addition, Venezuelan consumers staged over 500 protests that condemned the lack of available products at state-run grocery stores, markets, and pharmacies.+
The OVCS has documented at least 132 incidents of looting or attempted looting in Venezuela in the first half of 2015 alone.
The OVCS has documented at least 132 incidents of looting (saqueos) or attempted looting in Venezuela in the first half of 2015 alone. (OVCS) The report, titled “Social Conflict in Venezuela during the First Half of 2015,” also notes that 2,836 protests have taken place this year over various demands, including labor issues, housing, security, and education, as well as food shortages.+
The number of total protests, however, has dropped compared to the same period last year, when 6,369 anti-government rallies took place, leaving 43 dead, hundreds wounded, and dozens of political prisoners detained.+
With an average of 14 protests per day, the unrest has Venezuela “trapped in a spiral of social and political conflicts that grow over the months, and which could become more acute due to the forthcoming parliamentary elections,” the observatory notes in its report.+
On the other hand, the South American country has experienced a surge in protests over labor issues. The NGO reports that demonstrations over these issues increased by 50 percent compared to the same period last year, with 162 labor protests per month.
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These mass protests will soon turn away from the bare grocery stores and labor unrest and towards the government, when the massacres in the streets will commence. Maduro and his Chavitsas will need to be taken out before Venezuela's problems are fixable. Socialism and communism can never be perfected. Capitalism needs to be reinstituted to correct the problems.
Let the blood-letting begin...
What is the status of private ownership of firearms in Venezuela?
I thought so!
They’re making $11 a month in Venezuela?
Socialism.....kill a bunch of people so some different guys can ride around in the government limousines while you work to earn $11 a month.
They should make Sean Penn President of Venezuela.
He will fix everything, no problemo.
When socialist scumbag Hugo Chávez slipped under the grass, you’d think that the entire population would have revolted in mass against another socialist run government coming to power.
I always hated the color palate for Fallout 3.
BTTT!
...Venezuelan Observatory for Social Conflict...
Socialist systems turn the entire society into one big social experiment, then the elites sit back and study the results and issue reports—Joseph Mengelism in varying degrees, but on a nationwide scale. Never mind the suffering and privation inflicted up human families and communities. We’re all just rats in a laboratory to these soulless “scientists.”
This is a completely meaningless story.
The really important news of the day?
Megyn Kelly and Donald Trump insulted each other.
This I know, because Big Media tells me so ...
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You know what this means: It means a sudden flood of illegal immigrants and asylum seekers from Venezuela in the next few months.
Obama: I wouldn't be surprised to see our fearless leader Obama send buses and planes to pick up the hungry masses in Venezuela. Oh, well. I guess the only thing we can do is get ready for the flood of new immigrants and greet them with food stamps.
Kinda looks like Bawl’mer ...
Aug 4, 2015......Smugglers also stand in line to re-sell on the blackmarket or in Columbia...known to slash peoples legs to move ahead...Standing in line means putting life in danger.....After 4 hours in line a 70-year-old teacher in Barquisimeto, vows not to stand in any more supermarket lines. She was slashed in the thigh with a scalpel after a dispute in a line with women she believed were smugglers.
Well, it is the wasteland. Kinda looks like Venezuala.
In your three pictures with looters, we must all consider that they might soon be at our Southern border along with criminal mexicans. - - - - - -Oh, that’s right, they are already at our border sneaking in 24/7.
Venez. Gov..... Blames US For Supermarket Lootings
Maduro has used the alleged threat of U.S. imperialism and “economic war” to expand the powers of his office to rule be decree.... Despite railing against both President Barack Obama and Venezuelan businessman,.... the socialist government is losing its grip on the social and economic life of the nation.
“General John Kelly (commander of United States Southern Command) predicted that July would be the month of social implosion in Venezuela,”
Note to self: Cancel planned “foodie” tour of venezuela immediately.
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