Venezuelans Are Marked With Numbers To Stand In Line At Government Supermarkets

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Bernie Sanders just can't wait to kick off this program here in the good ole U.S. of A.

It's hard to get a sense of what a food shortage is like unless you've lived through one, but this tidbit from Venezuela serves as a chilling illustration.

The lines to get into government supermarkets are so long that people mark their arms with their place in line. It's not a permanent tattoo — just a pen — but the point is to make sure that the long lines stay as orderly as possible.

Venezuelans Marked With Numbers For Food - Business Insider

 

[Katzndogz]

Ahhh the joys of socialism.

 

[Disir]

Yep.


(Pfffttttt.........)

 

[1stRambo]

Yo, the future of America? Only if you keep voting Socialist Progressive Democrats!!!

"GTP"

 

[Claudette]

Gee I thought Venauela was a workers paradise??

Guess not. Guess it was just a bunch of socialists who ran out of other peoples money.

 

[waltky]

Venezuelans Prepare for the Worst Days Before Maduro Tightens His Grip on Power...

Venezuelans Stockpile Food and Water Ahead of Maduro Power Grab
President says Sunday vote will go on as opponents set strike; Proposal runs risk of drawing sanctions, international scorn

Venezuelans are stockpiling scarce food and water as tensions mount ahead of a widely criticized Sunday vote that President Nicolas Maduro has called to elect an assembly of supporters to rewrite the constitution and strengthen his grip on power. Maduro -- who’s presided over an increasingly autocratic regime that has imperiled the country’s six-decade democracy and left the economy and society in shambles -- is showing few signs of backing down despite growing pressure. He’s broadcast a deluge of propaganda supporting the assembly even as outraged opposition leaders called a general strike Wednesday to forestall it. And opposition is international: The Trump administration was set to sanction more than a dozen senior Venezuela officials Wednesday. The head of the Organization of American States has called for elections and Spain’s former prime minister is trying to broker a deal.

An opposition sign reads "The Constituent (Assembly) Is Not Happening” on a street in Caracas​

The Venezuelan president has been vague about goals for the so-called constituyente, although he’s said the body will convene Aug. 3 and sit atop all other branches of government. It alone will determine how long it should stay in power. While some analysts speculated that Maduro called the convention as a negotiating tactic to quell opposition protests and violence that has claimed more than 100 lives, others say Maduro will use the body to delay indefinitely elections he can’t win.

Chavismo Revisited

“People tend to consistently underestimate Maduro," said Raul Gallegos, an analyst at consultancy Control Risks. “What we’re seeing is now is a government showing its true colors.” “This is a government that has absolutely no incentive or intention to let power go,” he said. In calling for a constituent assembly, Maduro is taking a page from his mentor and predecessor, the late socialist firebrand Hugo Chavez. But unlike Chavez’s assembly in 1999, which rewrote the constitution to the delight of millions of his supporters, Maduro’s initiative seemingly has little popular support.

Shutting Down Caracas

The opposition coalition says its 48-hour strike is a last-ditch effort to persuade Maduro to cancel the vote. On Wednesday, while some main roads were barricaded on the east side of Caracas, motorcycles and bikes cruised through side streets, hopping curbs and ducking under ropes and chains. Some small shops and supermarkets remained open, but the sound of birds chirping replaced the routine din of traffic. “This is just the start,” Janeth Santana, a 36-year-old educator manning a roadblock Wednesday morning. “If they impose the constituent assembly, the real fight begins.”

A person shops for groceries at a supermarket in Caracas​

The opposition is urging supporters to take to the streets of Caracas on Friday and have promised further actions for the weekend. “The constituent assembly would be the coronation of the coup,” said Juan Guaido, an opposition lawmaker. “It would mark the formal start of a dictatorship.” At the barricade, Santana said that violent clashes could break out Sunday. “Sometimes you have no other choice,” she said. “Many have already lost everything. It’s a fight for our future.”

Single-Sided Slate

 

[MindWars]

This should be moved to CONSPIRACIES why RFID chips are fkn ALEX JONES stories.
So are being marked with numbers. LOL


Are we learning how things are real now Mmm hmmmmm. bhahahh

 

[SassyIrishLass]

I'm surprised they have pens