Venezuela trying to solve food shortages by having party loyalists control distribution

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Fox News:

CARACAS, VENEZUELA – Venezuela’s most recent initiative to deal with the widespread food shortages? Some 9,000 “committees” across the country made up of government loyalists are now directly handling the distribution of whatever groceries are still available.

 

Under the new provision, the selected members of the committees (known as CLAP for its Spanish acronym) are authorized to take truckloads of some food products from supermarkets, warehouses or state-run companies and distribute them directly to families – which have previously been “surveyed” by such committees.

 

The products available to the CLAPs are only those with government-regulated prices: milk, corn flour, poultry sugar, rice, wheat, pasta products, butter and oil, among others.

 

The program comes at a time when Venezuela’s economy is collapsing and basic items like food and medicine is difficult to come by.

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When the foxes guard the chicken coop.

[kevindavis]

Boy it is going down hill fast..

[clearvision]

"The products available to the CLAPs are only those with government-regulated prices: milk, corn flour, poultry, sugar, rice, wheat, pasta products, butter and oil, among others."

 

Oh, only those food products. Not microwave pizzas and tv dinners. No problem.

 

Edit:

Oh wait... you say there is only electricity 2 hours a day.