Venezuela pet shops, like supermarkets, struggle to stock shelves
Venezuelan pet shops are struggling to stock shelves with food and medicine due to economic crisis, forcing dog and cat owners to stretch feed and police to ration food for canine units. Shoppers...
View ArticleVenezuela issuing ID cards meant to cut hoarding of subsidized food amid...
Published April 01, 2014Associated Press Facebook0 Twitter0 Gplus0 CARACAS, Venezuela – Battling food shortages, the government is rolling out a new ID system that is either a grocery loyalty card with...
View ArticleVenezuelans Turn to Homemade Products as Shortages Drag On
Reuters CARACAS— From makeup to insect repellent, Venezuelans are looking to natural and homemade products in response to the chronic shortages resulting from a deepening economic crisis in the...
View ArticlePacks of black-market foot soldiers raid Venezuela markets
When a friend texted me that coffee and toilet paper were on the shelves of an eastern Caracas supermarket, I raced to El Patio outlet hoping against hope that the increasingly scarce household items...
View ArticleVenezuela supermarket looting leaves one dead, dozens detained
CARACAS (Reuters) - One person was killed and dozens were detained following looting of supermarkets in Venezuela's southeastern city of Ciudad Guayana, the state governor said on Friday, amid the...
View ArticleVenezuela tackles food shortage with ID card system
Government says system will stop people overbuying groceries for resale – but critics say it's the first step towards rationing...
View ArticleVenezuela begins occupation of private supermarket chain
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- National guardsmen and state price adjusters fanned out across Venezuela Wednesday to impose a military-style occupation with an unusual goal: Making sure shoppers can buy...
View ArticleVenezuela struggles with getting basic goods under Chavez’s successor
Caracas, Venezuela • On aisle seven, among the diapers and fabric softener, the socialist dreams of the late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez looked as ragged as the toilet paper display. Employees at...
View Article>Venezuela issues ID cards to curtail food hoarding
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Battling food shortages, the government is rolling out a new ID system that is either a grocery loyalty card with extra muscle or the most dramatic step yet toward rationing...
View ArticleVenezuela issues ID cards to curtail food hoarding
CARACAS, Venezuela Battling food shortages, the government is rolling out a new ID system that is either a grocery loyalty card with extra muscle or the most dramatic step yet toward rationing in...
View ArticleLooting, Violence on Rise in Venezuela Supermarkets
Reuters CARACAS— 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...
View ArticleShoppers looted a supermarket in Venezuela, and now one person is dead
CARACAS (Reuters) - One person was killed and dozens were detained following looting of supermarkets in Venezuela's southeastern city of Ciudad Guayana, the state governor said on Friday, amid the...
View ArticleNo flour? No fish? Venezuela's chefs get creative amid shortages
CARACAS (Reuters) - A sushi bar in Caracas makes tempura with ground oats and cornstarch to replace increasingly scarce wheat flour. A Spanish restaurant, seeking to keep its fare affordable, revamps...
View ArticleAt markets, Chavez successor falls short
CARACAS, Venezuela — On aisle seven, among the diapers and fabric softener, the socialist dreams of the late Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez looked as ragged as the toilet paper display. Employees at...
View ArticleVenezuela begins 'occupation' of private supermarket chain
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- National guardsmen and state price adjusters fanned out across Venezuela Wednesday, implementing a military-style occupation with an unusual goal: Making sure shoppers can...
View ArticleVenezuela supermarket lines swell as shoppers scramble to buy basics
CARACAS (Reuters) - Lines are swelling at Venezuelan supermarkets, with some shoppers showing up before dawn in search of products ranging from chicken to laundry detergent, as a holiday slowdown in...
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