Venezuelans report big weight losses in 2017 as hunger hits

[GatoGordo]

1. Chavismo's Brown Shirts seem to be doing OK on the Maduro diet.

Colectivos at the funeral of one of their own, sacrificed by Chavismo during the Oscar Perez murder

FWIW, these pallbearers are not uniformed officers of the FANB. (some in the background are FANB) They are Chavista militia (not Venezuela militia), and their weapons (illegal for private citizens to possess weapons in Venezuela) are gifts from Chavez/Maduro, with the understanding that they may keep them providing they (colectivos) show up en masse when called upon to defend Chavismo.

Colectivos have plenty to eat. They are paid their monthly stipend in dollars (which ordinary Venezuelans cannot access) and they are notorious for stealing from stores in broad daylight, in front of the police, with total impunity.