Venezuelans turn to spoiled meat amid months of power outages, economic turmoil

Amid the worst economic environment in the country's history, Venezuelans in one city are knowingly buying spoiled meat because there's not enough electricity to keep their refrigerators working. At bargain prices, residents of Maracaibo are risking their lives for the protein they need. The nine months of rolling blackouts the country has experienced have only grown worse. “It smells a little foul, but you rinse it with a little vinegar and lemon,” Yeudis Luna, a father of three young boys, told the Associated Press on Thursday.  More…