A woman walks past empty shelves at a supermarket in Caracas, Venezuela January 6, 2018. REUTERS/Marco Bello
Reuters: Venezuela supermarkets besieged after government forces price cuts
CARACAS (Reuters) - Mobs of Venezuelans gathered outside some Caracas supermarkets on Saturday after President Nicolas Maduro’s government forced shops to slash prices, the latest unrest in the country’s food shortage crisis.
Authorities on Friday ordered supermarkets to cut prices to levels they were a month ago, a drastic reduction given Venezuela’s hyperinflation.
At one supermarket in a high-end district of Caracas, hundreds of people including babies, pensioners and children with disabilities gathered in chaotic scenes.
“We’re hungry! We want food!” they screamed.
“In my house, we don’t eat three times a day,” said MileidyAcosta, a 28-year-old with three children. “People are fed up. A person earning the minimum wage couldn’t buy even tomato sauce.”
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Update: Venezuela orders shutdown of maritime border with 3 islands (FOX News/AP)
WNU Editor: The Venezuelan government is looking for scapegoats on why there are shortages. Supermarkets for the unavailability of food, smugglers for pharmaceutical drugs and other goods.
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