Valin Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 AFP: Jesús Olarte 1/15/15 Shortages of basic goods and long lines of consumers hoping to buy them have spawned a new profession in crisis-hit Venezuela: waiting in line to buy things for other people. Krisbell Villarroel, a 22-year-old single mother of two small children in Caracas, makes a living by queuing up to buy things she then sells to clients who pay her for the time she spends standing in line. "Every day, I have to get up at two in the morning and call my friends to find out where things are for sale or what is for sale," Villarroel told AFP. "That is how I spend my day. I get out of the first line at 10:00 am and then perhaps go to another to see what they are selling," she explained. "In one store, I might get milk, sugar or coffee, but in another -- flour, rice, diapers or shampoo." Villarroel said her customers are families who do not have the time or really the need to wait in line -- business people who have their own lives and money to pay someone to do this kind of thing. Several restaurant owners in the Venezuelan capital told AFP they have employees whose only job is to wait in line at supermarkets and stores to buy food to put on the menu. (Snip) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyber_Liberty Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 And who says Venezuela is nothing but a pit of helplessness and despair? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepper Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Unless oil prices go from down to up, Venezuela will go from down to coup. http://www.forbes.com/sites/francescoppola/2015/01/13/the-impending-collapse-of-venezuela/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valin Posted January 16, 2015 Author Share Posted January 16, 2015 Unless oil prices go from down to up, Venezuela will go from down to coup. http://www.forbes.com/sites/francescoppola/2015/01/13/the-impending-collapse-of-venezuela/ And the downside is? They have formed an alliance with Iran to fight what the Saudis are doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearvision Posted January 16, 2015 Share Posted January 16, 2015 Unless oil prices go from down to up, Venezuela will go from down to coup. http://www.forbes.com/sites/francescoppola/2015/01/13/the-impending-collapse-of-venezuela/ And the downside is? They have formed an alliance with Iran to fight what the Saudis are doing. That should work out well for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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