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3. "imported basic products like milk, flour, toilet paper and cooking oil."

Thu Apr 3, 2014, 03:01 AM

Apr 2014

It's obscene to think that a country as rich as Venezuela with a relatively small population has to import such basics.

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Wow. Maduro has absolutely wrecked Venezuela's economy. [View all] Nye Bevan Apr 2014 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author Cali_Democrat Apr 2014 #1

Well, he had help... Recursion Apr 2014 #2

This story is really making the rounds. delrem Apr 2014 #5

This mess was created by the Chamber of Commerce and their allies malaise Apr 2014 #6

Your rightwing jargon flows so easily! roody Apr 2014 #12

I watched our supermarket shelves empty malaise Apr 2014 #9

Those 'Economic Laws' Do Not Enforce Themselves, Ma'am The Magistrate Apr 2014 #10

That simple malaise Apr 2014 #20

"Apr�s moi, le d�luge" fits Hugo quite well. Maduro is not msanthrope Apr 2014 #11

That May Well Be, Ma'am The Magistrate Apr 2014 #13

Their inability to import enough food items is the bigger problem hack89 Apr 2014 #14

+1 nt Zorra Apr 2014 #18

Come on now Daniel537 Apr 2014 #17

I hope the socialists get rid of Maduro. hrmjustin Apr 2014 #15

Venezuelans voted for him Daniel537 Apr 2014 #16

This is "bottom line" of what is really happening to Venezuela: Zorra Apr 2014 #19