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Hungry Venezuelans Hunt Dogs, Cats, Pigeons as Food Runs Out
Economic Policy Journal ^ | 11 May 2016

Posted on 05/13/2016 4:11:05 PM PDT by Lorianne

This is what happens when you mix hyper-inflation, price controls, and totlaitarianism.

Pan Am Post reports:

Ramón Muchacho, Mayor of Chacao in Caracas, said the streets of the capital of Venezuela are filled with people killing animals for food. Through Twitter, Muchacho reported that in Venezuela, it is a “painful reality” that people “hunt cats, dogs and pigeons” to ease their hunger... The population’s desperation has begun to show, with looting and robberies for food increasing all the time. This Sunday, May 1, six Venezuelan military officials were arrested for stealing goats to ease their hunger, as there was no food at the Fort Manaure military base... .Supermarkets are registered into a system in such a way that they are not permitted to sell Venezuelans food 15 days since their purchase of the same product. As a result, long food lines have formed all over the country, with many people reselling their share to earn an “extra income.” -RW


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: hellhole; hillaryquote; hillarysocialist; socialisthell; thirdworld; venezuela; venezuelacrisis
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To: SkyDancer
It’s reminiscent of Paris in the 1860’s where people would line up at a sewer to catch rats to eat; one person gets their rat and leaves and the line moved up.

It is almost impossible for me to imagine being in such a position.

41 posted on 05/13/2016 4:55:08 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Lorianne

Can cannibalism be far behind?


42 posted on 05/13/2016 5:00:24 PM PDT by TruthInThoughtWordAndDeed (Yahuah Yahusha)
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To: Arlis
I find it very hard to believe how much the Venezuelans are willing to suffer while holding fast to an ideology that is literally killing them! Common sense says they’d reach a point of suffering enough to throw off the evil system that has enslaved them - but this just shows how incredibly deceptive and gripping socialism and communism are.........

They already are throwing them off. In the last election, Maduro's party was practically destroyed, and he has lost most legislative powers. The opposition has circulated petitions to oust Madro, (the legal procedure there) and has gotten enough signatures. They have done everything they can so far. The next step us Maduro is impeached, or there is a revolution

43 posted on 05/13/2016 5:10:11 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: Lorianne

And gullible Americans think it can’t happen here...


44 posted on 05/13/2016 5:21:02 PM PDT by Iscool
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To: Lorianne

Welcome to you future, milenials and Berners. Idiots.


45 posted on 05/13/2016 5:23:09 PM PDT by piytar (http://www.truthrevolt.org/videos/bill-whittle-number-one-bullete)
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To: piytar

Your*


46 posted on 05/13/2016 5:27:22 PM PDT by piytar (http://www.truthrevolt.org/videos/bill-whittle-number-one-bullete)
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To: Vince Ferrer

A very good friend is Venezuelan - lives there, visits here, was an ambassador of theirs........there should have been a revolution long ago.....


47 posted on 05/13/2016 5:33:11 PM PDT by Arlis
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To: VTenigma

But in Chicago, the thug culture dominates, and those who hate it are both in a minority - and pretty powerless to do anything, as the thugs have the guns.........


48 posted on 05/13/2016 5:34:58 PM PDT by Arlis
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To: Lorianne
Venezuelan socialists have run out of other people's money. Unexpectedly!

The consequences are horrific. Unexpectedly!

2+2=4. Unexpectedly!

49 posted on 05/13/2016 5:39:12 PM PDT by TChad
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To: Lorianne

Time to head El Norte!


50 posted on 05/13/2016 5:39:24 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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To: Arlis

I don’t disagree with your post, but the “thug culture” has roots. I believe it’s to easy to absolve all but the thug. There is a sub-culture that implicitly or explicitly supports this behavior. Their very well may be innocents in the crossfire also a lot of complicity. The same for Venezuela.


51 posted on 05/13/2016 5:41:09 PM PDT by VTenigma (The Democratic party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: Arlis

Your link is about Germany. Is that the article intended?


52 posted on 05/13/2016 5:45:25 PM PDT by TEXOKIE (We must surrender only to our Holy God and never to the evil that has befallen us.)
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To: Arlis

Common sense says they’d reach a point of suffering enough to throw off the evil system that has enslaved them - but this just shows how incredibly deceptive and gripping socialism and communism are.........
~ ~ ~ ~ ~

One possibility why nations who have come under the boot of Communism or other tyranny don’t often successfully throw them off from “common sense” is that the first thing a dictator or oligarchy does is Take. Away. The. Guns.


53 posted on 05/13/2016 5:48:18 PM PDT by TEXOKIE (We must surrender only to our Holy God and never to the evil that has befallen us.)
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To: lee martell

They can have some North Koreans come over and show them how to make grass salad and tree bark soup.


54 posted on 05/13/2016 5:49:44 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (Never be more than two steps away from your weapon.)
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To: TEXOKIE

Hungry people rarly revolt. That’s just a progressive myth.


55 posted on 05/13/2016 5:50:51 PM PDT by RedWulf (End Free trade.)
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To: Farmer Dean

In India there is a caste system of rat catchers (to help the farmers). They get to keep and eat the rats and the rice they find in the rat tunnels. Good catchers will have enough to cook and sell for additional income.

That would be an easy source of protein - think of them as squirrel without the bushy tails.


56 posted on 05/13/2016 5:54:31 PM PDT by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
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To: 21twelve

What a horrible grim existence that must be.


57 posted on 05/13/2016 6:01:03 PM PDT by Farmer Dean (Never be more than two steps away from your weapon.)
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To: Farmer Dean
What a horrible grim existence that must be.

But hey, at least those capitalist pigs are finally paying for their crimes, eh?

58 posted on 05/13/2016 6:02:41 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Farmer Dean

I read an article awhile back where a rat catcher got a microloan to buy a new $50 invention to blow smoke down the hole. He doubled his rat count. Gets 25 cents a rat from the farmer, his wife cooked the extras and sold them for 25 cents.

He said with the new device he can send his kids to “college” (I’m guessing more like high school) - and that they won’t have to grow up to be rat catchers.

Capitalism and dreaming big at the most basic.


59 posted on 05/13/2016 6:23:51 PM PDT by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
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To: tet68
During the 900 day siege of Leningrad, in the beginning people kept favored pets....but only for a while.

Yeah, and then they kept favored people, but that didn't last either.

Kush

60 posted on 05/13/2016 6:31:02 PM PDT by Kush (The Original Lousy Freeper Troll, That's Me.)
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