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Related: About this forumThree more starve to death in Venezuela
They denounce that Buena Vista have died three people for lack of foodCommunity spokesperson explained that for the past nine months the bags have not arrived CLAP
The Buena Vista parish of the Anaco municipality has multiple problems, among them, the difficulty of its inhabitants to acquire food.
Nerio Gomez, representative of the communal council Casco Central Circuit 1 of the town, explained that for nine months the food bags of the Local Supply and Production Committees (CLAP) have not arrived.
Gómez stressed that CLAP food is practically the only option to buy food for most of the 5,000 inhabitants of the area, because they are low-income and the unemployment rate is high.
"In the last six months, three unbalanced neighbors have died due to lack of food. The situation we have is precarious, "he said.
On the other hand, the inhabitants of the parish indicated that they have about a month without water, after the submersible pump that supplies the sector was damaged.
"With the constant blackouts, the equipment that pumps water from the San Joaquín aquifer burned and has not yet been replaced," Gómez said.
They expressed that tanker trucks charge up to Bs 35,000 for filling a drum, so they ask the competent authorities to solve the problem as soon as possible.
http://eltiempo.com.ve/2018/03/29/denuncian-que-buena-vista-han-fallecido-tres-personas-por-falta-de-alimentos/
CLAP is how Maduro and the Chavistas keep control of the population. It is next to impossible to afford food (even if it is available) when it takes almost 100 minimum wage jobs to buy the food basket. Either you prove that you are a Chavista, or you don't get a CLAP box once per month. If it shows up at all.
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Three more starve to death in Venezuela (Original Post)
GatoGordo
Mar 2018
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quartz007
(1,216 posts)1. Socialism by dictatorship gone amok?
GatoGordo
(2,412 posts)2. I'm a huge fan of Swedish style socialism
But this Marxist/Leninist authoritarian BS is outrageous. Yet, it still has its fans, even in this (DU) forum.
quartz007
(1,216 posts)3. Yes, for any system to work, the people must be
behind it. Such as in Sweden. I have in-laws in Sweden, and they all have good work ethic, at least the older generations.