Venezuelan Economic Crisis Deepens As Desperate People Loot Hundreds of Supermarkets

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In the first twelve days of 2018, people in need of basic foodstuffs fully or partially looted over one hundred grocery stores and supermarkets in Venezuela. The events, triggered by a government order to shops mandating that they slash prices back to December 2017 levels, created chaos. Frantic Venezuelans swarmed stores at the prospect of buying cheaper food in a country whose worsening economy and high inflation have caused severe shortages. Journalists described the dire nature of Venezuelan daily life, and the deepening sense of hopelessness and despair. Pundits offered assessments and calls for action.

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