tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post6591753795884767085..comments2024-03-26T00:37:34.943+01:00Comments on Venezuela News And Views: Choses vues at the Hunger GamesDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-34028437829496967602015-01-26T11:03:16.244+01:002015-01-26T11:03:16.244+01:00The lines will be reduced when the prices are free...The lines will be reduced when the prices are free to roam. If you limit the amount people can buy, everyone will buy that amount, as the price is low.<br /><br />If the prices are free, some will get huge amounts, some will buy another thing (as it is expensive). The store will get more staples and no one will have shortage of food.<br /><br />The price can get lower or higher, but you will have lots of options to choose for the least expensive, not having to run away from your job to go to almost another city to spend 2 hours on a line to get 4 packages of flour.Sungilamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14645802866628328350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-52197969871936239362015-01-22T20:09:53.619+01:002015-01-22T20:09:53.619+01:00Sadly, I agree with you!Sadly, I agree with you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-40722020324254999192015-01-22T17:40:54.036+01:002015-01-22T17:40:54.036+01:00Honestly at this point full blown Cuba looks good ...Honestly at this point full blown Cuba looks good compared to Venezuela. If all my in-laws lived in Cuba my wife and I would feel safe visiting them and they would have some level of health care. As it sits we have not seen them in 2 years, they cannot find anything they need and even the poor are being beat and robbed at gun point for the little they have. Is a very sad day when Cuba looks better.Canadian looking inhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00060240194591839197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-51070864501366854502015-01-21T22:31:12.793+01:002015-01-21T22:31:12.793+01:00Jaua announced that the government will put an end...Jaua announced that the government will put an end to the lines at food stores. At this stage this can only be done by rationing. How long does it take to issue the ration books? Or is this going to be done by the CNE with Smartmatic machines and the revised Tascon list? <br />AntonioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-63303142203109230182015-01-21T21:52:52.016+01:002015-01-21T21:52:52.016+01:00I just got word that Venezuela is fixed. People h...I just got word that Venezuela is fixed. People have cheese + arepas and free gas. Seems like everything is solved!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-24144902898051782382015-01-21T18:31:48.224+01:002015-01-21T18:31:48.224+01:00....and their mobile phones are only used to send .......and their mobile phones are only used to send volumes of drivel by text. Only a few search the internet for information. Ignorance is the biggest issue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-53304877906896130422015-01-21T16:33:08.778+01:002015-01-21T16:33:08.778+01:00Daniel I enjoy reading your blog I am married to a...Daniel I enjoy reading your blog I am married to a Venezualan. I feel part Venezuelan myself I loved the country and the people there. It is so disheartening they are and the country is in such distress. I do think they will pull through this time once they are rid of the oppressive government.Prayers go out to all every day. Keep blogging Daniel so we will have a better understanding of the situation.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-56940729714284530612015-01-21T15:13:16.897+01:002015-01-21T15:13:16.897+01:00I remain impressed after my phone conversations wi...I remain impressed after my phone conversations with my numerous friends and family in Caracas and the Interior, how easy life still is there on the material level....people working part time and earning enough to live quite nicely....people who would rather stay there than immigrate to the US where people have to actually work...I see poor people buying expensive dogs, taking vacations, having parties, buying brand new flat screens, the latest phones ,etc.......all over the world there is a misconception of poverty but nowhere is this better illustrated than in Venezuela.....the day that people care more about justice and freedom and less about cel phones and harina pan, there will be hope...firepigette<br /><br /><br />firepighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15158275219887987252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-41009708376783226682015-01-21T04:25:27.091+01:002015-01-21T04:25:27.091+01:00Arepas are sure popular here. Either slathered wit...Arepas are sure popular here. Either slathered with margarine or filled with ham and cheese, arepas are the preferred economic meal for every Venezuelan family ever since Polar invented the mass produced version of the traditional "hard to make at home" maiz pilado or PAN. Also I calculated 2.2 pounds, one bag makes 20 arepas only for one day for a family of five. But 4 kilos, four bags, makes 80 arepas that will probably not last a week.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-69429611073509050772015-01-21T00:32:48.927+01:002015-01-21T00:32:48.927+01:00Long lines, fights over food, poor not being able ...Long lines, fights over food, poor not being able to find stable goods, all seems to lead to gov't getting further involved by issuing these foods to the poor for free as in Cuba. And the poor will love it and say we are better off then ever. You cannot help ignorance and laziness and unfortunately Venezuela is majority poor and they are majority lazy and ignorant. At some point the price of gas will not matter as no one will have cars. Hoping history of Venezuela will repeat it self and the students will lead the country to a change in control.Canadian looking inhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00060240194591839197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-77107471640979528412015-01-20T23:50:44.498+01:002015-01-20T23:50:44.498+01:00Yo no podría describir mejor lo que personalmente ...Yo no podría describir mejor lo que personalmente viví también en un supermercado de Santa Fe (sur/este de Caracas). Fue exactamente lo mismo! Y lo que me toca vivir ahora cada vez que necesito comprar algo. Aparte de soportar las groserías, insultos y malos tratos por parte de algunos de estos individuos, cuando se me ha ocurrido llamar la atención a alguno de ellos por colearse o colear "amigos" en la cola de las cajas para cancelar. Debo aclarar que pertenezco al genero femenino con bastante mas de 60 años. Y si, terminara siendo un motivo de racismo, división y prejuicios. Lo siento.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-18502307186925933492015-01-20T22:51:45.760+01:002015-01-20T22:51:45.760+01:00Damn...Cuba and now here? You don't have much ...Damn...Cuba and now here? You don't have much luck in choosing places to live.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-2203468393500311632015-01-20T20:29:36.699+01:002015-01-20T20:29:36.699+01:00If you follow the tag "food shortages" y...If you follow the tag "food shortages" you have it all. Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-16132274596459080172015-01-20T20:28:08.911+01:002015-01-20T20:28:08.911+01:00You are wrong!
2 pounds of PAN will barely last a ...You are wrong!<br />2 pounds of PAN will barely last a day in a family of 5. They eat arepa every meal.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-367494057352957912015-01-20T20:23:53.347+01:002015-01-20T20:23:53.347+01:00OT:
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Chomsky: Paris attacks show hypocrisy ...OT:<br /><br />"<br />Chomsky: Paris attacks show hypocrisy of West's outrage<br />"<br />http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/19/opinion/charlie-hebdo-noam-chomsky/index.html<br /><br />1979 BPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-21527802631748333812015-01-20T18:29:05.124+01:002015-01-20T18:29:05.124+01:00If you can find it, the controlled sale of corn fl...If you can find it, the controlled sale of corn flour is limited nationwide to 4 bags per person. Each bag weighs 1 kilogram or 2.2 lbs. One bag of Harina P.A.N. (Producto Alimenticia Nacional) can yield 20 arepas so four kilos probably does not last a week for a Venezuelan family.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-22180152935045849012015-01-20T17:41:11.611+01:002015-01-20T17:41:11.611+01:00Many of my relatives live in Tachira, 30 minutes f...Many of my relatives live in Tachira, 30 minutes from San Cristobal, although my immediate in-laws live in Cua (outside of Caracas). It has been awful there for over a year. My mother in law occasionally had to travel the 11 hours to Tachira to bring them OTC asthma medicine and other items they could not find there.<br /> <br />Caracas is just now dealing with the severity of the problems many other areas have dealt with for many months. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-32940731454121187972015-01-20T17:30:48.549+01:002015-01-20T17:30:48.549+01:00Unless they go through scalpers.
A telling senten...<i>Unless they go through scalpers.</i><br /><br />A telling sentence. A behavior that was once confined to tickets for high-demand rock concerts or sporting events is now found in purchasing basic food commodities. A kilo of beans or rice is as sought after as a ticket to the World Series, World Cup, or Rolling Stones concert. And the markup may be higher for the beans and rice- at least the markup from the subsidized price.<br /><br />Interesting that people from poorer areas are coming to the richer areas to try to obtain the subsidized food. But hasn't this been going on for years? IIRC, I had read that the buhoneros/scalpers went to the stores in the richer areas to get food to sell at market/higher prices. But with restricting quantities, this would not be as easily done as it once was. Or today, are buhoneros/scalpers no longer purchasing from stores in richer areas for subsequent resale, but Juana Fulana/Jane Doe purchasing for her family?Boludo Tejanonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-665456179614645502015-01-20T16:08:10.461+01:002015-01-20T16:08:10.461+01:00Daniel,
Can you make a posting of all the food s...Daniel, <br /><br />Can you make a posting of all the food shortage pictures you have posted over the years?<br /><br />It will be a great way to see the evolution of the problem over time.JRAY5568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-75613323278024067412015-01-20T15:24:28.954+01:002015-01-20T15:24:28.954+01:00I visited Cucuta for New Year's Eve and decide...I visited Cucuta for New Year's Eve and decided to walk over to San Antonio de Tachira to see for myself if the markets were really lacking in certain products. My wife and I confirmed in four different stores that there was no chicken, no toilet paper and no sanitary napkins. I didn't trek into San Cristobal to see if in bigger cities it was the same deal but being a frontier town one wouldn't expect such situations. I hope this is really the beginning of the end of this regime, Colombia's fate is tied to what happens in Venezuela given the nature of the "peace talks" in Havana.Juanimadorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05101258001332544709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-73130580856688292922015-01-20T13:20:18.950+01:002015-01-20T13:20:18.950+01:00These lines will be reduced when the government in...These lines will be reduced when the government introduces the rationing system. This will probably take a couple of years. Once it's in place you will be able to purchase your minimum allotted calories in a hurry. I remember in Cuba the ration included 340 grams of beef per month. And they allowed us to buy one can of condensed milk per week. But we used to get much more rice, black beans, and plantains.Fernando Leanmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16085680730729620836noreply@blogger.com