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Hungry Venezuelans Hunt Dogs, Cats, Pigeons as Food Runs Out
Economic Policy Journal ^ | 11 May 2016

Posted on 05/13/2016 4:11:05 PM PDT by Lorianne

This is what happens when you mix hyper-inflation, price controls, and totlaitarianism.

Pan Am Post reports:

Ramón Muchacho, Mayor of Chacao in Caracas, said the streets of the capital of Venezuela are filled with people killing animals for food. Through Twitter, Muchacho reported that in Venezuela, it is a “painful reality” that people “hunt cats, dogs and pigeons” to ease their hunger... The population’s desperation has begun to show, with looting and robberies for food increasing all the time. This Sunday, May 1, six Venezuelan military officials were arrested for stealing goats to ease their hunger, as there was no food at the Fort Manaure military base... .Supermarkets are registered into a system in such a way that they are not permitted to sell Venezuelans food 15 days since their purchase of the same product. As a result, long food lines have formed all over the country, with many people reselling their share to earn an “extra income.” -RW


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: hellhole; hillaryquote; hillarysocialist; socialisthell; thirdworld; venezuela; venezuelacrisis
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To: Lorianne

With fewer dogs and cats, they will soon have more mice and rats. That can make for lots of protein too.


61 posted on 05/13/2016 6:35:21 PM PDT by Pollster1 (Somebody who agrees with me 80% of the time is a friend and ally, not a 20% traitor. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: tet68

The Tragedy of the Siege of Leningrad was what happened when it was over.

Stalin always hated Leningrad, he always thought the folks there were disloyal to him, and he had many of the heroes of Leningrad killed.


62 posted on 05/13/2016 6:35:37 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: tet68

“During the 900 day siege of Leningrad, in the beginning people kept favored pets....but only for a while.”


One of the things I remember the most in the book was the people peeling the wallpaper off so that they could lick the paste for food.

A dreadful time.

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63 posted on 05/13/2016 6:35:52 PM PDT by Mears (i)
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To: Mears

The 900 Days.
When pets and people too were sold as food.
We have not suffered like this, as yet.
Wish I still had a copy.

Have you seen, The Chekist.
It’s available on youtube.
Cheka, OGPU, NKVD, FBI, IRS.
There has to be an internal threat
to justify the existance of internal Security.


64 posted on 05/13/2016 7:12:23 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: blueunicorn6

“Every college professor in the US should be forced to do a yearlong sabbatical in Venezuela.”

This is a fabulous idea; perhaps many of them would be eaten.


65 posted on 05/13/2016 7:27:53 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day".)
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To: Pollster1

Back in the Bad Old Days, when the evil, imperialist US dominated South America, this would NEVER have happened. Long before things came to this, there would be a series of unfortunate accidents...unexpected deaths...strange disappearances...and then a coup...and then US companies would set up shop, and things would be pretty good.


66 posted on 05/13/2016 7:34:47 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day".)
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To: tet68

“The 900 Days” is still available.

I have not seen “The Chekist” but will definitely check it out. Thanks for the recommendation.

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67 posted on 05/13/2016 7:36:53 PM PDT by Mears (i)
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To: Mears; tet68

Be forewarned, The Chekist is probably the most depressing movie you’ll ever see, maybe with the exception of “Come and See (Idi i Smotri).”


68 posted on 05/13/2016 7:38:07 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Prospero

Wire snares will work for subsistence gathering for the stew-pot, if ammo is out. The Cubans might be well fed and of good health—their worries might begin if possibly someone is familiar with Dr. Lector’s recipe collection?


69 posted on 05/13/2016 8:18:00 PM PDT by Ozark Tom
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To: SkyDancer
**Why is this not on national news? World news?**

Supermarkets are registered into a system in such a way that they are not permitted to sell Venezuelans food 15 days since their purchase of the same product

I doubt they want to cover -this- part of the story. And we thought barcodes were innocent little things not tied to a debit or credit card in any way.

70 posted on 05/13/2016 8:38:03 PM PDT by blueplum (March 11, 2016 - the day the First Amendment died?)
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To: MarkL

when ever anyone brings up how good socialism we should talk about how it destroyed the economy of Venezuela


71 posted on 05/13/2016 8:47:31 PM PDT by PCPOET7
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To: Lorianne
Hope the Easter Bunny ain't vacationing there....

Feel inclined to send up a prayer that the citizens get up the nerve to solve their problem.....

72 posted on 05/14/2016 4:08:26 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: RedWulf

“Hungry people rarely revolt. That’s just progressive myth.”

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
You are saying that “hungry people rarely revolt” is not true, but is a progressive myth?

I had not thought of that in those terms. I guess I had been buying into the myth at some level.


73 posted on 05/14/2016 8:39:11 AM PDT by TEXOKIE (We must surrender only to our Holy God and never to the evil that has befallen us.)
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To: Ozark Tom

Do they still have fava beans and Chianti?

74 posted on 05/14/2016 11:20:09 AM PDT by Pollster1 (Somebody who agrees with me 80% of the time is a friend and ally, not a 20% traitor. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Lorianne; fieldmarshaldj; AuH2ORepublican; Impy; GOPsterinMA; randita; Sun; NFHale; ...

Could this happen in the U.S.?

I say vote for Trump so we won’t have to take that chance.


75 posted on 05/14/2016 1:41:34 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued (The barbarians are inside because there are no gates)
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To: Lorianne

With a climate like theirs, they ought to be able to grow stuff all year long.

There shouldn’t be that kind of food shortages if people were growing their own.


76 posted on 05/14/2016 2:17:38 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: VanShuyten

The ides is to prepare ahead of time.

I’ll just pressure can a bunch of meat while we still have it.

The book, One Second After, deals with an EMP and the breakdown of society after all electronics fail. While it is fiction the scenario he portrays about food shortages and people starving actually appears all too feasible.


77 posted on 05/14/2016 2:24:30 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: metmom

Maybe they weren’t allowed to grow things or not allowed to own or rent land to grow things.


78 posted on 05/14/2016 3:49:47 PM PDT by Lorianne
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To: Lorianne

Under a socialist/communist regime, I can imagine that’s the case.

Or perhaps they just got into what kartographer would call a normalcy bias. They got used to depending on government handouts and thought it would always continue that way.

And now they don’t know what to do. Crops take time to grow and you can starve to death waiting for the crop to come in.


79 posted on 05/14/2016 4:07:18 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Clintonfatigued; Lorianne; fieldmarshaldj; AuH2ORepublican; Impy; GOPsterinMA; randita; Sun

Eagerly awaiting the Venezuelan thugs-in-power “Ceacescu Protocol” Moment.

It’s coming.


80 posted on 05/15/2016 12:20:27 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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