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Goods scarcity in Venezuela

Goods scarcity in Venezuela

January 15, 2015 | 11:04 PM

People queue up outside a supermarket in Caracas yesterday. Venezuela suffers from shortages of nearly a third of all basic goods, inflation that ballooned to 64% in 2014 and a recession triggered in part by a scarcity of hard currency that limits imports of essential goods.

January 15, 2015 | 11:04 PM