Away from Caracas, shortages even worse in Venezuela

All the lady wanted was some chicken. But in shortage-plagued Venezuela, she waited in line five hours, only to go home empty-handed. "I got here at 5:30 am and came away with nothing! It (Other OTC: ITGL - news) is just not fair that you have to work so hard -- and then put up with these lines," said an exasperated Lileana Diaz, a 49-year-old receptionist at a hospital emergency room. Venezuelans have been enduring shortages of the most basic goods, such as toilet paper, for more than a year.In Caracas, a cottage industry has emerged with people who will wait in line for you -- at a price. But things are even worse outside the capital. More…