Socialism has embraced Barbie, just in
time for Christmas. Mothers, grandmothers and beaming little girls are grabbing
armfuls of the dolls in toy stores across Caracas, taking advantage of the
government's order that large chains sell the plastic figurines at fire-sale
prices during the holiday shopping season. No sooner had saleswoman Crystal Casanova
begun mounting a display of gleaming pink boxes on a recent weekday than a
horde of women descended. Soon, she and her co-workers were letting customers
grab the Barbies straight out of the Mattel-stamped cardboard cartons. Within
minutes, the entire stock was gone, with the dolls selling for as little as 250
bolivars — $2.50 at the widely used black market conversion rate. More…
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