Looting and violence on the rise in Venezuela supermarkets

[Bacchus4.0]

Source: Reuters

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan supermarkets are increasingly being targeted by looters as swollen lines and prolonged food shortages spark frustration in the OPEC nation struggling with an economic crisis.

Shoppers routinely spend hours in lines to buy consumer staples ranging from corn flour to laundry soap, turning lines into venues for shoving matches and now more frequent attempts to plunder shops.

The economic crisis has hit President Nicolas Maduro's approval ratings and raised tension levels in the country.

Fifty-six incidents of looting and 76 looting attempts took place in the first half of 2015, according local NGO Venezuelan Observatory of Social Conflict, which based the figures on media reports and testimony of observers around the country.


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[Tarheel_Dem]

1. It's a CIA plot, right?

[COLGATE4]

2. It must be. There certainly couldn't be

any other explanation for the ungodly mess that passes for an economy in Venezuela right now.

[erronis]

3. When it's been revealed that the western powers actually control all communication links

And the flow of moneys (SWIFT, IMF, ETC) why wouldn't we think that it's a CIA plot?

[Bacchus4.0]

4. Because the Venezuelan government is implementing the policies causing the shortages

and desperation of the populace. Unless you are saying CIA is coordinating with the Ven government to ruin the country.

[erronis]

5. Aren't these the same techniques that have been used to destabilize other countries?

[Igel]

7. Price controls, currency controls, nationalization, punishing producers ...

Those kinds of things?

Absolutely. They routinely are used to destabilize other countries. Why countries continue to do them, though, is beyond me.

______________ is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

[Tarheel_Dem]

6. Like fish in a barrel. This is waaaayyyy too easy.

[Little Tich]

8. So this is how the Venezuelan people thank Maduro for being such a great leader...

Seriously, though, I hope they get rid of Maduro ASAP. He's not fit to run a country.

[MADem]

9. So long MANURO...I mean Ma Burro...I mean MADURO....

His days are numbered. He's got, what--four years to go on his term, but he's likely to be hamstrung by an opposition general assembly before too long. He might as well just resign, because he's a total failure.

[bemildred]

10. I always knew supermarkets would turn into dens of greed and violence one day. nt