Grocery shopping during Venezuela’s food shortages
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- This week Venezuelans are lining up to validate their signatures on a recall referendum for President Maduro. Among the reasons for Maduro's unpopularity is that more and more people are starting to wonder where their next meal is coming from. These days, those who have enough Venezuelan currency (now trading at 1,000 bolivars to the dollar on the black market) to buy food often have a hard time finding any.
We meet three Caracas residents who show us what they've got to eat.
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"no offense to the dogs"
the man's humor at 2016 even in the face of everything is...damn
he's happy that the diet worked out for him and now he is healthy and can see his penis
It's kind of different in spanish though- Its an accurate translation but he actually means to emphasize that not even dogs deserve that,
+Hi lel hahhahhaa
His wit is to express cynicism, not broad uncontroversial joy.
+Nathan Myers Dude, I hope you've calmed down enough to see I wasn't even contradicting you. Easy on the trigger.
This is sad ass shit
i didnt know shit was sad
Why did your cousin Canelo duck GGG?
Well there you have it, socialism and fascism in a nutshell when the people running it are incompetent fools. Power of the people, when you're top Septic Service man is a government official lol!
@ Norman But Do you stand in line all day for your food? and if you live in the USA ,then its your own fault. because we live in the best country in the world
"No offense to the dogs."
I guess you gotta laugh to keep from crying.
His sense of humor is GOLD.
"Maduro's diet" lol that one killed me
omg yes that's sad
same
and the Venezuelans
Maduro getting fatter.... he not following his own Maduro Diet lol
Bernie's diet.
I cried when he showed his belt. Poor Venezuelans 😢
It very sad, I wish I could help one family and I'm sure alot of people feel like me, the one month of food made me cry.
But even though he lost weight, it's still a blessing for him, he could be healthier.
2:46 "No offence to dogs" Hahahaha
At least that poor starving guy kept a sense of humor. Personally, I am fighting with my neighbors and the township to keep my backyard garden here in the USA. If only these ignoramuses knew what is coming here. The ones who are complaining about me now, are the same ones who will be stealing my vegetables later, I am sure.
+prepper5785 How long do you think we have?
While the US holds world currency status, there's no telling. But only a fool would not be getting ready.
prepper5785 lol the u.s oil currency is the reason Venezuela is in the mess it's it ..
+V-FOR-VICTOR Got to keep some humor in dark times
Capitalism is unequal joy. Socialism is equal misery.
I'd rather have a surplus of stuff than nothing.
capitalism? HAHAHAHAH good one. which country is a capitalist country again?>
Freedom and equality are polar opposites.
Couldn't have said it better
Capitalism is merely the voluntary exchange of goods and services between two consenting people. Anything else is coercion at the barrel of a gun.. you socialists can take your social contract and shove it up your ass.
This kind of shit happens when you let your government decide what's best for you and not the other way around.!
The Government always decides what's best for the people. Isn't that the job of power?
Democratic forms of government is where the people tell the government what is best and they oblige.
Utopia.
The government already decides what's best for you. Try not paying your taxes & we will see what happens to you. But your Mr free capitalist I guess LOL
The other way around? Who the fucks has that? Surely not America.
"Maduro diet"
"No offense for dogs"
"Our stomach sound clap clap clap"
😂😂
In Venezuela;
Garbage = Junk Food
Rats = Breakfast
Cats = Lunch
Dogs = Dinner
Zoo Animals = Exotic Cuisine
Lmao I love that man's dark humor
😂😂🤣
@@Connor.SG-1Ring clown 🤡
I'm sure the president isn't eating fish heads
He's eating his rice and corn flour. Mmm, that's good eatin'!
POS making money off their oil reserves and eating steaks probably
It costs less than USD 1. 00 for 3 Kilos of filleted sardines. You have to be a proper idiot if you can't afford that. Venezuela is full of idiots. Especially male idiots who live for pay day on Friday to buy their rum and coke.
@@AndrooUK
And almost for free from the Maduro government. The CLAP box of groceries is sold below cost price to anyone who needs help from the government.
A few days ago he was in the news because he went to the restaurant of the famous ''salt bae'' , which is a luxury steak house
This was what the USSR was like just before the end.
I remember seeing food shortages and inflation then too.
Yup. I was there. It wasn't quite THIS bad, but it was more the same thing. The "solidarity bag" is basically starvation rations.
1 kg of rice is ~4000 calories
1 kg of beans is ~3000 calories
The other stuff might add another ~3000 to be generous.
That means that your "bag" has less than a week of nutrition for an adult to stay healthy.
Should be called 'Maduro/His government loyalty bags'. That is truly pathetic that people will take, out of desperation that small amount ,sign up for loyalty, just to not slowly starve to death. Maduro should be tried for Crimes Against Humanity on his own people. In no way am I faulting 100% the average decent Venezuelan.
Cuba has had the same bullshit for 70 years, they call it Libreta de Abastecimiento meaning 'Supplies Booklet'
@@pwrserge83 Nah - I do recall supermarkets not having some goods, like sugar - so we had stamps for sugar rations. And queues - one thing soviet union was known for is long queues, something that the west experiences only when a new star wars or iphone comes out - haha.
Otherwise though - seriously, I don't recall people starving in the soviet union. Some goods for missing, yes - so they were rationed by the government. Otherwise, as far as surviving is concerned, there was enough food to survive - even in the worst of times. During blockade... it was much worse.
I keep thinking that Venezuela is actually closer to the blockade phase, given the western sanctions. Now you have this aid fiasco - where opposition smartly says, if aid gets in, we'll proclaim the government lost control of its borders and is no longer in power. If the aid doesn't get through, we'll proclaim the government is starving its own people. Western sanctions were imposed using the exact same logic. We'll stop all good shipments/us currency - and then proclaim that the government is starving its own people.
Fascinating stuff.
lmao I love how AMERICA thinks this can't happen
it has bit people forget quickly
Well we will have trump soon so expect some large migration to Mexico,Canada and South America soon ( if he is elected )
Caleb Rodregez very few people will move
+Sam Ortiz racist? bwahahahahahahahahajsjahahahahahahahahaha.good game bro
i heard, the bigger they are the harder they fall?
This is what happens when you elect a bus driver to run your country.
Imagine what would happen if a reality show celebrity got elected ..
+Joker Gijjome ikr
hahahaha
Bernie
Hey power of the people, right? ...right?
In capitalist societies, food waits for you, not the other way around.
yea but who got crap healtcare, education and a bad system over all? countries which are fully capitalist and not socialist democratic like sweden, the netherlands and other eu countries
+Elchapo Junior So you're saying countries like Japan, South Korea, and Singapore which are fully capitalist have bad healthcare, education, and system overall even though they rank in the highest ranks in every one of those categories.
+Danny Dalmacy they eat better than the countries with gmo food lol
+Jamal Dabas lol what about the US scared to put that on the list? those countries you called still dont have an overall better system than european countries not all but the socialist democratic ones
@Elchapo Junior The EU countries you mentioned have a well managed private sector with half the cooperate tax rate of the US. In fact, many cooperation's stash their earnings in Netherlands. It also does not help the the US is by far the biggest contributor to NATO. Our military spending is 4% our GDP while their military spends roughly 1% to 0.5% GDP on military. We are basically finding their military and development. The only thing socialist about those countries is their large social security net. Their is no _public/goverment ownership of large companies or entities_. No marxism. None of that.
www.socialeurope.eu/2016/01/what-europe-needs-to-know-about-the-dutch-tax-haven/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ease_of_doing_business_index
socialism, the religion of peace
.-.
Touch me on the penis
Generation Fallout no thx.
+Customer Service India u fix my phone service
Venezuela is not socialist they are fascists.
Feel the bern.
In your stomach
Good to see that hunger hasn't destroyed that mans dark humor.
For him, I give this applause "CLAP, CLAP, CLAP, CLAP"
I used to live there as a kid, moved there in '99 just as Chavez got into power and left in '02. Heartbreaking to see how such a rich country has been driven into the ground.
Socialism.
That's what Hugo Chavez believed in and that's what his personal dog & assassin Nicolas Maduro beleives in now..
Socialism kills everything it touches and fails in every country it's tried
Man, I really really really hope Venezuela recovers from this economic crisis and the food shortages the country is facing.
Thatcher once said that the problem with socialism is eventually you run out of other people's money.
I am Venezuelan and when I see this video it makes me want to cry😭😭😭
During USSR time my family in Latvia (all working not as farmers but as teachers, doctors, etc) also had gardens and little farm with fruits, vegetables, pigs, chickens, gooses, rabits, sheep. All family worked after job at these gardens and farm to provide food and exchange it with other neighbors for other products. That all because there was food shortage in USSR shops. So my question is - whats stopping venezuelans from providing theirselves with food same way?
I thought I was told socialism was good and capitalism was bad?
nope. Corporatism is what we have. Capitalism would be great. Socialism always fails.
This isn't socialism.
there it is!
Its because low oil prices and corruption, you uncommonly stupid cupcake. Fucking internet troll.
not troll, honestly must be misinformed. These 'ism-s arent really good at all, not any of them.
It's times like these i'm happy to be Mexican.
Meh. Same shithole. 🤷🏻♂️
"No offense to dogs" Venezuela keeping it politically classy.
The holes on the belt shown made me very sad
And this is why you never ever let the government disarm you. If all of those people begging for food had weapons to stand up against a corrupt regime, the situation would be fixed already.
this is Democrat Socialism in action
yeah cause Norway, denmark and the rest of the nordic countries have this problem...
DEMOCRAT
=/=
DEMOCRATIC
POLITICAL LABELS
=/=
GETTING US ANYWHERE
@@OverlordZephyros Are you doing this intentionally? Why are you thinking that Norway and Denmark are even close to being socialist states? Denmark in particular loathes socialism as they have been through that ride before. All the nordic countries are strictly free market economies. Why are you calling them socialist? I need to know why is this happening... I asked the same thing to a few more people but no answer...
lmao Democrats aren't socialists.
I remember living under communism in 1989 in Romania standing in line to buy something to eat , anything like pork feet to make soup...we executed Ceausescu on Christmas day ...that hungry we were !!!
The clap that were living is the sound of our hungry stomachs . 💀
Thanks so much for posting :)
This is the true socialism
yes
***** ligt-socialism
Alexey Sherstnev This is Communism NOT Socialism..
Denmark is Socialist, Finland is Socialist, Norway, Canada, and The Netherlands are Socialist..
Cuba, Vietnam, and North Korea are Communist...
D.C. Gold. Actually Sweden Finland and Denmark have very free market economy
chunificationify No Shit, did you even read my posts? Economy and Government are two separate things in a Democracy(Which Socialism is)
They're Governments are Social Democracies with a Capitalist Economies..
You obviously don't know the difference between Communism(Authoritarian) and Socialism (Democratic)...
Socialism, ladies and gentlemen.
Going to post the same thing I also posted to another guys comment: Jesus christ m8.... Stop with pushing your political views down everyones throats and start with actually learning about politics from something else than your echo-chambers.
mouwersor
"Stop forcing you political views down peoples throats".
All I did was post a comment on a public forum tbh.
masquerading as 'bolivarian revolutionism'
Journalism at its best. My second best channel of all time .
"No offense to dogs" lol, cracked me up
May God help these people omg
I remembered from college days some of my friends were praising the policies of Chavez as a textbook example of how socialism will change Venezuela, then Latin America, and then the world... for the better. I told them with Chavez seizing businesses and giving them to his cadres to run, this will not end well. :/
That guy is a straight comedian, he said look at how many holes I made on my belt, funnily sad. 😂😔
What a shame. I am personally from Mexico but my best friend is from Venezuela. The fact that innocent people are suffering is painful to me.What fault do these poor people have? This is all of Maduro's work. My prayers are with Venezuela. 🇻🇪 🙏
But socialism works!
You just have to believe harder!
Poverty is the only true equality
This is a really good video. A preview of what all of the world will soon experience.
Socialism :)
Only a simpleton would explain this predicament with that answer. Something tells me you live in a small town, are real poor and uneducated, and pulling for Trump.
read your own sentence again. Idiot.
Low Oil Prices*
+AhsanY2K You can't blame low oil prices for their economic collapse. And if they really depended on oil for their economy to grow, that's their fault.
Thank you for taking the time out of your day for reading my completely unnecessarily long username You have not been keeping up with whats going on in Russia, Nigeria and Venezuela due to low oil prices. These countries depend on oil to finance their budgets. Plus, Venezuela has the largest reserves of oil, I don't blame them for not diversifying because oil prices never went below $80 per barrel and now they are around mid 40s.
the last guy kept it real lmao
HOW PROGRESSIVE SOCIALISM IS !!!!
yeah I have to find something EXTREMELY RARE
CORNFLAKES
Gosh! That's terrible. I understood that no country has no problems, but in this case? This is insane. I live in the Philippines and I admit that we are somehow included in the third-world countries and corruption. We never experience this. A Php100 or 2 dollars could be spend for 3 meals in a day.
Bernie!
#feelthebern right guys!!!! Socialism rocks!!!
Three Caracas residents show us what they've been able to find amidst Venezuela's ongoing food crisis.
Watch "Blackout: Venezuela's Activist Journalists” - bit.ly/28SjEcD
Well there you have it, socialism and fascism in a nutshell when the people running it are incompetent fools. Power of the people, when your top Septic Service man becomes a high government official lol!
Anyone who still asks, "Why do Americans need guns?" This is why. Because we will not allow socialism/communism to destroy our freedoms and enslave our people. This is a perfect example of Democratic Socialism! Yes! All socialism is the same, and all socialism leads to COMMUNISM! And then democide!
that is such a stupid thing to say, IF the us government is against you, and you start a war with them , they will end you in 5 minutes.
Venezuela is rated as no.22, and 1 in 5 citizens holds a firearm legally, with around 2 millions firearms illegaly owned. Venezuela is one of the foremost countries with firearms crimes.
Also, its rather a Dictatorship / Oligarchy country rulled by populists with failed oil addicted economy.
Liberal conservatism can lead to genocide also, like in India in 1942, or recen "war on drugs" in Latin america
jdmcommute Do you realize you don´t need guns for that? we protested with hour flags and chants, they shot us anyway. Unarmed people died... do you think a dictatorial government gives a fuck?
This is the good stuff vice. Keep it up
Stay strong people of Venezuela, you don't deserve this but after a storm the sun always rises again! Keep fighting and God bless you all!
CIA checklis for 21st Century South America. Honduras-done, Argentina-done, Brazil-done, Venezuela-soon
Cuba-failed; Notes: Kill the Castro brothers
Hahahha
what did the CIA do in Honduras though?
If you are asserting that the CIA is proping up Maduro's communist government and it is that communist government that is bleeding dry the last wealth venezuala has than that is one thing.. but I assume you are not.
No foreign countirs are the blame for the state of Venezualas affairs. Socialist policies and controls / regulations are the culprit of Venezualas struggles..
+cehonor en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Honduran_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat
FEEL THE BERN!
The fruits of socialism #feeltheBern
the guy with the blue shirt i like him "no offence to dogs" haha
If Bernie Sanders became president....
... You really think america would become like that short of some huge natural/nuclear disaster? This is like thinking everyone with an AR-15 is going to murder people because one closet homosexual couldn't face the truth and went on a rampage. Because someone calls it socialism it _must be what Bernie wants!_ self-confirmation bias is the opposite of logic.
If America elects another leftist we are definitely on our way. Detroit is a perfect example. Chicago is not far behind...
By the way,every American should own an ar-15. Its not about gun control. Firearms are glorified power tools that's it. The problem is Islam.
Stand with trump.
That's why I don't vote for them
Trump lol, I almost feel bad for him at this point, it's going to be a landslide for Hillary.
NmE * Bet
And this is what Bernie Sanders wants to achieve... Smh...
Maduro diet crack me up lol hahah
SOS VENEZUELA 😭😭♥️ I love my country
That's utterly sickening.
..."- That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government"...
Venezuela needs new government.
Where'd ya get this quote- the United States 🇺🇸 🤣🤣🤣
1600 bolivar = 160 USD not 1.60
True, just checked as well.
sorry thats not true at all , i´m venezuelan GERARDO ANTONIO MENDOZA OROPEZA and here is the real price of a dolar ... the dolar that the people can get dolartoday.com/ here is the real price its 1000 BFs ( bolivares fuertes ) for 1 dolar ...
sorry again the page that I give to u its censored by the goverment ( like all ) i don't know where to find another page that can prove the real price... i´m really sad and hungry right now I DONT HAVE ANYTHING TO EAT AT MY FRIGE AND I DONT EAT SINCE YESTERDAY MORNING FUCK THIS GOVERMENT FUCK EVERYONE WHO DOSEN´T NOW WHAT ITS HAPPENING WHERE que viva la maldita patria
I didn't know there were two types of bolivar. I'm sorry to hear this. I think it's really sad that the "ordinary media" doesn't cover important news like these. Again, I'm sorry that you are hungry and don't have food. Hang in there Gerardo...
the only thing that u can do for help us its not hate us for go to your country and try to make a life ,thaks for everything
The last dood tho....The sound of my hungry stomach...clap...clap...clap..clap....I am dead 😀
am i missing something here? does Venezuela have huge oil reserves or have they run out ?
well at least the people are losing some weight
this is what Bernie supporters want.
Truuuuuuu
what is 'this' and generalizing an entire group you know nothing about is a failure. I recommend education, we have the technology and are using it right now.
Bernie is an anarchist not a totalitarian.
That belt holes 😆😆😆
Now when I think about how much bread we throw away everyday... The world is full of innocent people that suffer in injustice.
"He need some milk!" But seriously, that is a bit sad.
"No offense to dogs" that made me laugh. Such a messed up situation
Isn't Caracas close to the coast? I thought there would be access to clams and oysters at the least.
que tristeza lo que esta pasando en Venezuela:( terrible
Socialism leads to getting the clap
This is what socialism looks like.
No, it doesn't. This isn't socialism, if you don't know anything about Venezuela's history please shut the fuck up.
+Unshaved Malevolence it is Socialist. No true scotsman fallacy much?
The world's governments never cared about it's people. Humanity needs to stand as one against tyrannical governments!
*SOUTH BEACH DIET, KETO DIET AND VEGAN DIET BUT HAVE YOU EVER TRIED MADURO'S DIET?* 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Venezuela, a country I think about so little that I didn't realize they were socialist
Maduro sure doesn't look like he's starving...
So fucked up that Maduro didn’t accept aid. It makes me sick to my stomach
Exquisite foods? Oh maybe some nice ball of mozzarella? Some caviar? A nice slice of steak?
cornflakes.
Aight. I'mma head out
Aaah good old socialism
It's a good thing Bernard Sanders lost the race.
"Fish carps that used to be only for dogs"
"No offense to dogs"
Food Shortages tend to happen when severe droughts cause the water levels to fall so low that there isn't even enough water in rivers to power dams.
But in socialism's case, food shortages tend to be state-imposed. Forced collectivization.
Why do Americans think that this is the result of Socialism? And why do they think that their country doesnt have any socialism?
"If you're not a Socialist Party member they starve you" That's the antithesis of socialism. This problem was caused by centuries of unequal distribution, cronyism and corruption, which has been endemic throughout Latin America irrespective of what political paradigm they adhere to, and putting all their eggs in one basket and counting on oil to fill their coffers.
Because they call themselves socialists.
We don't (Most of us). If you're going to call us ignorant (not blatantly, but passively), then don't be ignorant yourself in generalizing a country that has 320 million people. Not all Americans believe that this is the result of socialism. This is the result of poor governing and management of assets, such as food and money. Most Americans are aware that there are socialist ideals already implemented within out government, and most want more socialistic ideals as it creates equality, that's what socialism is about, co-ownership and cooperation in the handling of goods and assets. The result of socialism relies solely on the publics willingness to adopt said principals and whether or not the government is stupid enough to not be able to implement said policies and govern them accordingly. Please, don't be a hypocrite.
***** I agree with you and i apologize for my words. I did not mean all americans, but all (=most) americans in this comment section. I should have clarified that.
However judging by the current presidential race and previous implemintations of socialist ideas, i would say that people who understand socialism and its benefits are absolutely in the minority.
You lost the game No harm no foul. I was in a bad mood last night anyways so all is forgiven, lol. I agree that a lot of Americans are clueless as to what's actually going on in the race, that's the thing that sucks because people who do understand what's going on get fucked over. I apologize for my words as well. People who understand the differences between socialism and other forms of government are certainly the minority.
Socialism at its finest
Not socialism that did this. Look at Sweden and Denmark, they arn't going out and getting fish heads for dinner. This same kind of shit happens in Paraguay, and it's capitalist. There is more that has to do with poverty than the economic system.
you're a moron!
The One How? If you are going to call me that, tell me where you disagree. Give me something to work with lol.
The food shortages is caused by price controls from the government, it's as simple as that. What the government has done is that they have price fixed the price of food and they have set to low prices. They think this is good because then everyone can afford food, but what happens in reality is that no one will produce food since you can't make a profit producing food anymore. The result is that people are starving instead since no food is produced. This is classic and if you had studied history you would know that this has happened so many times before. Many other communist countries in the past have tried the same thing with the same devestatting results. Open a history book and read about Mao Zedong and China, or Sovjet for that matter, maybe you will learn something. This is indeed socialism/communisms fault. You should never price fix the price of a commodity, the market should decide the price because then it will not be to low or to high, it will be just right which is very important or else it will cause devestating problems in the economy. Let's say they price fixed the price to high, then everyone would also starv since no one could afford the food. That's why you shouldn't price fix at all, because you will always get it wrong. The market should decide the price, because then the right "true price" will be discoverd by the market. The market will find the equlibriium price which will benefit both producers and consumers at the same time. Do you understand?
During the election, the Danish were telling bernie to shut up about socialism because theyre not socialist.
Those lines look like a COVID19 free food dispensary.
It is amazing to see how people shop in Bernie Sanders Land!
That country is dying.
Wait until trumps comes to America...
Yeah I doubt that.. Trump isn't a socialist
+Mo B my country is America -_- and if Donald trump is leader it will change to Mexico
+Ranger Ambient but closely resembles a neo nazi and will probably turn america into a land of fighting, hate and corruption
Caleb Rodregez Not surprised you took the "racism" route instead of the economical. Ok, I'll play along. Name one thing that resembles Trump to being a neo nazi. Let's have some fun
The fish's eyes and other strange parts are really good for you...
Really sad to see this. Couldn't imagine.
Good ol' Socialism doing what it does best.
This is bernies promised land.
'In Nicaragua, people line up for food. That's a good thing. In the U.S., the rich get all the food and the poor starve to death. In Nicaragua, people aren't starving to death.' -Bernie Sanders
Pobre del señor....bueno de toda la gente por aya que dios los ayude a que cambie la situación....
Redistribution of fish heads. That's what happens when you run out of other peoples money and only the powerful and their friends eat like kings.
Just waiting for ignorant comments with no understanding of socialism
This socialist government isn't REAL socialism. My specific, special brand of TRUE socialism will totally work! Never mind all of these failed so called socialist states...they didn't follow MY brand of socialism so they weren't true socialists.
Ryan Chang Except it's not socialist, but rather totalitarian. Nice try though.
J Mulc They are distributing supplies to the socialist party to hand out to citizens. This isn't socialism at all. Nope, disregard everything about them and you will see they aren't actually socialists.
Ryan Chang Socialism is a mode of production with the power in the hands of the workers, for workers. There is no power in Venezuelans in the distribution of goods or services, the power is in the hands of elites who have failed to provide for its people. Like I said, totalitarianism. Try again.
J Mulc Two major blocs of political parties are in Venezuela: the incumbent leftist bloc United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), its major allies Fatherland for All (PPT) and the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV). The people there elected socialist governments. Yet it somehow sill isn't a socialist country.
When your food distribution system has the same name as an STD....you know you're fucked.
the people Venezuela especially its children deserve better