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We want food!: Venezuelans cry at protest near presidency
DNA India ^ | June 3, 2016 | Reuters

Posted on 06/03/2016 10:20:45 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Venezuela's economic chaos, critics say is the consequence of failed socialist policies for the last 17 years, especially price and currency controls.

Venezuelan security forces fired teargas at protesters chanting "We want food!" near Caracas' presidential palace on Thursday, the latest street violence in the crisis-hit OPEC nation.

Hundreds of angry Venezuelans heading towards Miraflores palace in downtown Caracas were met by National Guard troops and police who blocked a major road. President Nicolas Maduro, under intense pressure over a worsening economic crisis in the South American nation of 30 million, had been scheduled to address a rally of indigenous groups nearby around the same time.

The protest spilled out of long lines at shops in the area, witnesses said, after some people tried to hijack a food truck. "I've been here since eight in the morning. There's no more food in the shops and supermarkets," one woman told pro-opposition broadcaster Vivoplay. "We're hungry and tired."(continued)

(Excerpt) Read more at dnaindia.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: crisis; democrat; famine; feelthebern; hugochavezlegacy; hunger; socialism; thesocialistway; tyranny; utopia; venezuela
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1 posted on 06/03/2016 10:20:45 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

You will get arugula and like it!


2 posted on 06/03/2016 10:23:52 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Her name is no longer is Hillary. It's Hilarity. Try it on for size, it's fun to say)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Let them eat cake”.


3 posted on 06/03/2016 10:24:02 AM PDT by rightwingcrazy (qq)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The way Venezuela is going gives us a preview of what America would look like after eight more years of far-left thuggery masquerading as government - if we’re lucky. With a bad outcome under Hillary, we could even look like Syria with ISIS, or perhaps Somalia.

I’m praying for President Trump.


4 posted on 06/03/2016 10:26:31 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: 2ndDivisionVet

Have a nice cup of socialism, comrades.


5 posted on 06/03/2016 10:26:40 AM PDT by sagar
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To: rightwingcrazy

Once the dogs and cats were gone they began eating all the puppies and kittens, but don’t they know that to get more of those they gotta let some of the dogs and cats live?

I mean, this is Animal Husbandry 101. I think it is termed “breeding stock”.


6 posted on 06/03/2016 10:26:48 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan (Don't be a lone wolf. Form up small leaderlesss cells ASAP !)
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7 posted on 06/03/2016 10:27:18 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Let ‘em eat grass and bark, like the Norks.


8 posted on 06/03/2016 10:28:14 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’m surprised Obama isn’t flying them all in as refugees.


9 posted on 06/03/2016 10:28:37 AM PDT by JudyinCanada
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Too bad, so sad!

Maybe they can dig up Chavez and feast on his body...but it probably tastes of sulfur.

10 posted on 06/03/2016 10:29:06 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob
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To: Pollster1
The food had to be taken away from Venezuelans "for the common good."


11 posted on 06/03/2016 10:29:47 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Why isn’t Sean Penn, Samuel Jackson, Danny Glover, Harry Belafonte, Will Smith,.... all there helping out. Maybe they could host a benefit to show they care.


12 posted on 06/03/2016 10:30:03 AM PDT by eyeamok
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

One little irony with the story at the source. The protestors in the pic are yelling for food, but they’re all 50 lbs above healthy body mass.


13 posted on 06/03/2016 10:31:21 AM PDT by lurk (T)
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To: Pollster1

Rather, there will be a MASSIVE REVOLT if Hillary is elected. Got to remember that Americans are ARMED.

Praying for Mr. Trump and his family.


14 posted on 06/03/2016 10:33:20 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: JudyinCanada

“I’m surprised Obama isn’t flying them all in as refugees.”

Not long ago I read that all this turmoil in South America (Venezuela’s not the only country in trouble) will likely result in a massive, massive influx of illegals across our border.

The author of the article made a compelling case for it, so it may happen anyway with or without obama’s help.


15 posted on 06/03/2016 10:35:08 AM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

That country is closer to revolt.


16 posted on 06/03/2016 10:38:12 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I love it when socialists suffer. They reap what they sow.


17 posted on 06/03/2016 10:39:41 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
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To: T-Bone Texan

Did it ever get this bad when Chavez was leading the country?


18 posted on 06/03/2016 10:40:54 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Food??? You want food???

You should have thought about “food” before you voted Socialist...


19 posted on 06/03/2016 10:41:33 AM PDT by headsonpikes (Mass murder and cannibalism are the twin sacraments of socialism - "Who-whom?"-Lenin)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I am a major league baseball fan and I have wondered how the Venezuelan players are dealing with this. Most have family still in country.


20 posted on 06/03/2016 10:41:48 AM PDT by jch10 (Hillary in the Big House, not the White House .)
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