Venezuelan military fully involved in food staples illegal marketing and hoarding

Wednesday, January 4th 2017 - 11:38 UTC

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The Venezuelan military is selling food staples at up to 100 times the government-mandated costs in illegal marketplaces, according to an independent media investigation. The black markets are carried out at all levels of the military from foot soldiers on up to generals. Read full article

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bushpilot
So much for your Bolivarian Revolution and how much it's done for all the little people. These kinds of lies are the poor's worst enemy. A wolf in sheep's clothing.
Jan 04th, 2017 - 12:56 pm - Link - Report abuse +3
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Bisley
Things aren't bad enough yet. When the soldiers and their families are hungry, then they will quit propping up the tyrannical, socialist idiots who have ruined their country.
Jan 04th, 2017 - 05:34 pm - Link - Report abuse +3
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Marti Llazo
Maybe Elaine can tell us about how wonderful these different cultures are, how this is all blown out of proportion, that such travel will surely broaden our horizons and further our sympathy toward these exotic and exciting revolutionary governments.
Jan 04th, 2017 - 08:33 pm - Link - Report abuse -2
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ElaineB
@ ML

Ah, you value my opinion so much to mention me in a thread I haven't been posting in whilst avoiding answering questions in other threads where we have both been posting.

My advice is DON'T go to Venezuela at this time. When a journalist friend was there last time she had a gun pointed at her head by one of the 50,000 Cuban troops there.

That ML thinks Bolivia is anything like Venezuela makes me wonder about his judgement on all things South American.
Jan 04th, 2017 - 10:02 pm - Link - Report abuse +2
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DemonTree
Why wonder? I think he's made his judgement of all things South American abundantly clear.
Jan 04th, 2017 - 10:36 pm - Link - Report abuse +2
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Brazil is on its way to follow the “Good Examples” of Venezuela: REF: http://www.reuters.com/article/brazil-corruption-mining-idUSL1N1EB0AF
Jan 06th, 2017 - 02:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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