Shelves Left Empty, Jobs Lost in Venezuela as Maduro’s Economic Measures Turn One Week

Supermarket and pharmacy shelves across Venezuela were left empty and hundreds of workers lost their jobs as the new economic measures adopted by the Venezuelan government to reactivate the country’s economy turned one week on Monday. Almost 25 types of basic food supplies, for which prices were regulated by the government earlier last week, disappeared from virtually all shops in Caracas and the satellite cities of Guarenas, Guatire and Los Teques. Meat refrigerators of several supermarkets in Caracas, which should be filled with beef are completely empty and covered with protectors. More…