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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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This Is A Food Line In Venezuela
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BI ^ | 2-28-2014 | Linette Lopez



Food line in Venezuela San Cristobal REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins



People line up to buy food at a supermarket in San Cristobal, about 410 miles (660 km) southwest of Caracas, Feb. 27, 2014. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Pope Francis called Wednesday for an end to violence in Venezuela that has killed at least 13 people and urged politicians to take the lead in calming the nation's worst unrest in a decade.

One of the reasons Venezuelans have been protesting all over the country for weeks is because of mass shortages of food and other goods.

In December, opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez compared the country's astonishing inflation rate to Zimbabwe's. Consumer prices have risen 56% since Nicolas Maduro took power in 2013.

This line gives you a pretty stunning impression of what that's like — of how many Venezuelans have to get in line for hours to feed themselves and their families every day.

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



Socialism works so well. Just ask Sean Penn.Coming to a supermarket near you soon.

The ideal of marxists!



Remnants of Hugo Chavez, one of Odumbo’s heroes, and a model for America.


Nancy Piglosy would tell us, ‘it’s a great way to get to know your neighbors.’

Isn’t SOCIALISM great?!?!?!?!?!....................

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