In an effort to contain the increasing scarcity of food and
medicine, the government of Venezuela is moving forward with an initiative
launched a couple of months ago that many at first took as a joke: the Great
Mission of Sovereign Supply, headed by Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino. Over
the weekend, Gen. Padrino announced the appointment of 18 military generals and
admirals to oversee the production, distribution and commercialization of 18
categories of food and items considered
basic staples for Venezuela’s economy. The categories to be supervised are
rice, food oil, sugar, coffee, beans, corn, corn wheat, dairy, butter, wheat,
soy, cattle, fish products, porcine, poultry, toilet paper and diapers,
personal hygiene products and medicines. More…
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