Dissenters: shortage in Venezuela becomes permanent

In a statement, opposition umbrella group Unified Democratic Panel (MUD) said on Tuesday staple shortage in Venezuela becomes permanent, and stated that despite "empty shelves" in 2013, there are no signs of improvement in 2014 given the absence of serious adjustments in the Government's economic policy. "Rather than being temporary, this shortage state becomes permanent (...) and will prevail throughout 2014 as the Government fails to take major actions in public policies" to achieve some improvement, remarked the opposition coalition. More...