Venezuela's food shortage keeps getting worse

[woodyz]

The food shortages in Venezuela, a major oil producer, stem from currency controls that restrict the availability of US dollars for imports. Lower oil prices, a recession, and rampant inflation have further darkened the economic outlook.

Read more: www.businessinsider.com/venezuelas-food-shortage-keeps-getting-worse-2015-8#ixzz3jyftKsVx

[woodyz]

Is hoarding causing Venezuela food shortages?

As bizarre as it may seem in a country with the world's largest oil reserves, all agree food hoarding is a real problem.
Chris Arsenault | 02 Mar 2014 13:51 GMT | Latin America, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela

"Cooking oil, corn flour, margarine, milk, soap and detergent are the hardest things to get," he said. "Distributors come here but sometimes they have no products to sell."
Shopping at a similar outdoor market in Valencia, the country's third-largest city, Aleimar Gimez is also fed up. "I woke up at 7am to find the food I need and I just got one bag [of corn flour]," she said. "The situation is worse than ever."

Protesters barricading roads around the country frequently site shortages as a cause of their anger.

www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2014/03/hoarding-causing-venezuela-food-shortages-20143210236836920.html