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February 28, 2017

Inside, the meat department is a barren landscape. "There's just unplugged display cases, flies and a bad odor."

The Nightmare Of Grocery Shopping In Venezuela
In Venezuela, government supermarkets sell price-controlled food, making them far cheaper than private stores. But Valero explains that people are allowed in state-run supermarkets just two days per week, based on their ID card numbers. The system is designed to prevent shoppers from buying more than they need and then reselling goods on the black market at a huge markup.

Posted by gerardvanderleun at February 28, 2017 10:16 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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The Venezuelans voted for this. Who f*****g cares? I sure don't.

Posted by: J Cass at February 28, 2017 4:38 PM

Sounds exactly like conditions in the old Soviet Union as described to me by an old gray-haired Russian I once knew. What a coincidence. (Not.)

Posted by: Grizzly at February 28, 2017 7:21 PM

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