One of the world’s most oil-rich, potentially wealthy nations is falling apart, and its people are slowly starving.
Worst of all, as things fall apart, nobody pays much attention to the men behind the curtain, in far-away Havana.
Or to the dead Wizard of Oz who has been behind the curtain longer than anyone else.
Ultimate Wizard of Oz
From Granma Euro-Lite (Reuters)
Venezuelan woman shot dead during latest looting
A Venezuelan woman died on Monday after being shot in the face when looters raided state food warehouses, her family said, in the latest unrest in the crisis-hit OPEC nation.
Relatives of hotel worker Jenny Ortiz, 42, said she died in hospital after being shot during the melee late on Sunday in San Cristobal, a town near the border of Colombia, where looting and antigovernment protests have occurred in recent months.
Bolivarian looting
Family including her mother-in-law Carmen Rosa, 58, who said she saw the incident, alleged that a policeman shot Ortiz.
Authorities did not comment on that accusation, though local police said armed criminals had fired on police and an investigation was under way.
“The warehouses were supposedly full of food and the people need food,” Rosa told Reuters at the morgue where her daughter-in-law’s corpse was taken, saying about 500 local residents had descended on the premises….
…A local nongovernmental organization said at least 641 protests took place in Venezuela in May. More than a quarter were attributed to shortages of food. There have been more than 250 lootings or intentions of looting this year, according to the Venezuelan Observatory of Social Conflict.
Marxism at work
While the opposition coalition blames socialist President Nicolas Maduro and is seeking a referendum to recall him, the government says political foes are fanning the crisis with an “economic war” and seeking a coup against him.
Vielma Mora, a ruling Socialist Party member who governs the state including San Cristobal, confirmed the woman’s death and said it happened after several days of looting.
“These are plans orchestrated by the right wing,” he said. “We hope to capture the person responsible.”
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!Hey, don’t drag me into this! My curtain is different!
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How is it possible that any other “Latin” country would still back the chavista government which is TOTALLY responsible for this appalling disaster? Simple: it’s a Latrine thing–it’s what Latrines do.
How is it possible that any other “Latin” country would still back the chavista government which is TOTALLY responsible for this appalling disaster? Simple: it’s a Latrine thing–it’s what Latrines do.