“These seized stores prices were apparently lower than the prices of the same items in government-owned stores.
SO “high prices” were not the real reason”
Wow! I hadn’t seen that. That presents a whole other side to the story.
A comment on a Venezuelan blog said they were looting paperweights because of all the power blackouts. He/she commented that power had been out 4 hours just today.
According to certain Venezuelan bloggers, some items were cheaper at the seized stores than the government-run stores.