The Guardian: 'We loot or we die of hunger': food shortages fuel unrest in Venezuela
As the country’s economic problems mount, towns and cities have been hit by an outbreak of looting and violence
Amid desperate food shortages Venezuelans are picking up new survival skills.
On the night of 9 January, for example, a hungry mob took just 30 minutes to pick clean a grocery store in the eastern city of Puerto Ordaz. By the time owner Luis Felipe Anatael arrived at the bodega he’d opened five months earlier, the looters had hauled away everything from cold cuts to ketchup to the cash registers.
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WNU Editor: As bad as it is now, the anger and hatred that will be focused on the Venezuelan government when this is all over will be worse, and it will last for generations.
More News On The Crisis In Venezuela
Venezuela's economic collapse, by the numbers -- Axios
You can't get $1 out of the bank in Venezuela. I tried. -- CNN
Venezuelan Hyperinflation Explodes, Soaring Over 440000 Percent -- Bloomberg
Venezuela is trying to float its own cryptocurrency to save a sinking economy—but investors aren't believing the 'petro' hype -- CNBC
Venezuela's woes may give way to future Opec headache -- The National
Why Venezuela Suffers -- Wall Street Journal
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