Food shortages in formerly prosperous Venezuela — a direct and predictable result of the country’s descent into socialism — have become so severe that the government has put the country’s “food distribution under military protection,” Bloomberg reported January 9. Inflation, rigged foreign-exchange rates, and price controls, along with outright government takeovers of some stores, have caused supplies of basic necessities to dry up. thenewamerican/world-news/south-america/item/19886-venezuelan-military-occupies-stores-customers-seize-scarce-groceries?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_campaign=c5cc0dc250-The_Editors_Top_Picks_3_12_143_12_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8ca494f2d2-c5cc0dc250-289786389
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