Looting Sweeps Venezuela as Hunger Takes Over

PanAm Post ^ | 8/8/15 | SABRINA MARTÍN

[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.

[Impala64ssa]

Gotta love those socialist ideals. Muerte al capitalismo! Muerte a la desigualdad! Muerte al racismo! Viva el socialismo! Igualdad de Viva! Viva la justicia! Comrades, we have nothing to lose but our chains. Let us pick up our machetes and march with our heads held high and sing songs of la Revolucion! one ton tomato/ go eat a one ton tomato..."

[DuncanWaring]

Ping.

[ElkGroveDan]

Sure but at least they are all equal in their hunger, and no capitalist is making a profit. That’s all that really matters.

[BipolarBob]

Socialism = HOPE! and CHANGE!

where have I heard that before?

[Jim Robinson]

Ain’t communism grand.

[oh8eleven]

Looting Sweeps Venezuela as Hunger Takes Over
Coming to an unprotected border near you - soon!

[max americana]

“With an average of 14 protests per day”

14 protests per day?? Hell, jesse Jackson and Sharpton could whore themselves and make money every day!

[SpaceBar]

Message to Venezuela: seek out and kill your commie oppressors.

[KC_Lion]

So it begins.

[fatnotlazy]

I'd send this to some Bernie Sanders supporters I know, but they probably wouldn't get it.

[RoosterRedux]

I hope it doesn’t end in cannibalism as in did in Jamestown.

[telstar12.5]

Must be why all their guns were taken away; safety precaution, ya’ know.

[ClearCase_guy]

[dfwgator]

"For God's sake, please! They're looting the Food King!"

[Kartographer]

Preppers’ PING!!

Hat tip to DuncanWaringfor the heads up.

[Lazamataz]

YAY SOCIALISM!

SOCIALISM YAY!

[GeronL]

17% of the people still call themselves “Chavista” but of course they win elections with that since they count the votes.

[Blood of Tyrants]

The liberals STILL believe that socialism can work if the “right people” (them) are in charge.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

You both nailed today. Spot on. If U.S. kids today only had the mental acuity to connect Bernie Sanders to these repeated socialism disasters.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Yep, capitalism is the unequal distribution of wealth while socialism is the equal distribution of misery.