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COLGATE4

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3. The worst part is that this story is not unique. Many people in

Reply to hedda_foil (Reply #1)

Wed Feb 14, 2018, 12:58 PM

Feb 2018

today's Venezuela are physically undergoing repeated hunger, due to an almost total lack of basic foodstuffs in the local commerce stream. There's nothing to buy and no money to buy it with. Chavismo's Paradise.

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Kids eating Venezuelan garbage poisoned, dead [View all] GatoGordo Feb 2018 OP

Four and six years old with mom forced to scavenge beans and oil from garbage dumps. hedda_foil Feb 2018 #1

The worst part is that this story is not unique. Many people in COLGATE4 Feb 2018 #3

Exactly. hedda_foil Feb 2018 #5

heartsick k and r. those poor children and their families. niyad Feb 2018 #2

Delcy says, "There is no humanitarian crisis!" GatoGordo Feb 2018 #4

Whole lot of actual facts in this story, too! :sacasm: Judi Lynn Feb 2018 #6

Radical right gusano Cuban oligarch exiles are forcing children to eat poison from garbage tips? GatoGordo Feb 2018 #7

Referring to your hot "news" story? They all sound like they were cranked out by the same people. Judi Lynn Feb 2018 #8

So its the CIA and "corporate America" behind children eating in Venezuelan garbage tips? GatoGordo Feb 2018 #10

Ancient art, hustling staged, or bogus photos, or using photos of another country altogether, Judi Lynn Feb 2018 #11

Where do you get your "news" from, again? GatoGordo Feb 2018 #12

Nobody sees the benefits of chavismo like you do. nt Bacchus4.0 Feb 2018 #9