Venezuela to install finger scanners to tackle shortages

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Source: Yahoo

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela will begin installing some 20,000 fingerprint scanners at supermarkets nationwide in a bid to stamp out hoarding and panic buying, which the government blames for long lines and widespread shortages of basic goods.

The oil-rich nation has been selectively rolling out the rationing system for months at state-run supermarkets along the western border with Colombia, where smuggling of price-controlled goods is a major problem.

On Saturday, President Nicolas Maduro said that seven large private retail chains had voluntarily agreed to install the scanners.

"I ask for the the comprehension of all of Venezuela, to understand this problem, because there is a lot of manipulation taking place," Maduro said at the inauguration of a state-run supermarket.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/venezuela-install-finger-scanners-tackle-shortages-225935524.html

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The Saturday Night Live skit continues. Sadly, the people of VZ continue to pay the price until the next elections.

[COLGATE4]

1. Unbelievable. DimSuccessor still believes his own

propaganda that shortages are caused by manipulation (hoarding). He isn't even rearranging the deck chairs on Titanic any more- he's just strolling the deck, whistling and blaming the ever-increasing slope on "outside forces". He'll never see it coming when Diosdado and company gently remove him.

[Nye Bevan]

2. How come pretty much every other country in the world does not need such scanners? (nt)

[Judi Lynn]

3. Venezuelans overwhelmingly Chavistas, poll finds

Venezuelans overwhelmingly Chavistas, poll finds
Saturday, March 7, 2015
By Lucas Koerner

A new poll released by International Consulting Services, featured several results that suggest Chavismo — the political project pushed by late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez — continues to be the preferred political option for the country.

The poll, carried out on the eve of the second anniversary of the death of Chavez's death on March 5, found 62% of Venezuelans consider themselves Chavistas — “partisans … of the ideals” of the late Venezuelan leader.

In other results, about 57% of Venezuelans have confidence that the Chavista government of President Nicolas Maduro will improve the economy.

In the midst of an economic crisis triggered by crashing oil prices and economic war in which basic goods remain scarce, only a quarter of Venezuelans regard scarcities as the country's biggest problem.

This finding contradicts the image of widespread hunger and desperation among Venezuelans projected by the international media.

More:
https://www.greenleft.org.au/node/58452

[Dreamer Tatum]

4. Underwritten by Venezuelanalysis, a Chavista stooge org.

Fail.

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8. You gave me the laugh of the day.

[snooper2]

10. I guess you at least had to try right?

Scan your finger...need more ass wipe!


Ah HA!

NONE FOR YOU WE SAID ONE SQUARE A DAY! FOLD IT TWICE YOU CAN USE IT THREE TIMES!

[ripcord]

5. Wow I'm glad to see all the problems are solved now.

[blkmusclmachine]

6. El Hermano Mayor (Big Brother)

[Throd]

7. Don Payasito.

[Yo_Mama]

9. If they have the money for this, why can't they just buy some of the missing goods?

There seem to be shortages of medicines and so forth, so I am not convinced that smuggling is all the problem.
http://www.local10.com/news/hospitals-in-venezuela-virtually-closed-for-lack-of-materials/27610660

This oil-producing country imports 98 percent of its drugs and medical equipment, and the shortage of dollars and strict currency controls in the Venezuelan economy has severely affected all types of medical providers. The Pharmaceutical Federation estimates that drug shortages has reached 60 percent, while the Venezuelan Association of Distributors of Medical, Dental, Laboratory and Related Equipment (Avedem) reports there are "absolute deficiencies" in 85 percent of the products needed.

Monday, Venezuelan Health Minister Francisco Armada admitted there are medicine supply problems and some medicines cannot be found. However, he said that these flaws will be decided in a "very short term," following the recent granting of currency to companies in the medical sector for the purchase of medicines.