January 30, 2018

Venezuelan public transportation system hits breaks. Citizens resort to "dog kennels"

They deployed "kennels" of Érika Farías in La Yaguara for transport stoppage (+ Photos and video)
Posted on January 30, 2018by Julio Blanca in Carrusel

The transport stoppage that was lived on Tuesday partially in Caracas, forced the authorities of the municipality of Libertador to deploy the so-called "perreras" (kennels) to mobilize citizens in La Yaguara.



These vehicles have been part of the "solutions" to which the Chavista mayor of Libertador, Érika Farías, has opted to alleviate the strong public transport crisis that Caraqueños suffer every day, however; it has not achieved its objective, because the problem is becoming more and more acute, according to the testimony of some citizens to Caraota Digital.

The "kennels" are vehicles that many have indicated as insecure, dangerous and uncomfortable, because it is a truck in which people gather to be moved to their destination and that does not have the right measures to serve as a transport unit public.

The carriers called for an assembly with the other regional representations on Tuesday, to discuss the increase of the passage in 2,000 bolivars, an amount that will begin to be charged as of February 1, so the Executive has not approved it.

http://www.caraotadigital.net/nacionales/desplegaron-perreras-en-la-yaguara-por-paro-de-transporte-en-caracas-fotos-y-video/

These vehicles (I have seen them in person) were death traps 5 years ago. With no maintenance, no spare parts, bald tires and barely held together with farm wire, they have a high center of gravity and tip over when the least pothole is hit. (Chavismo has been notorious for not fixing their infrastructure)

January 30, 2018

Chavista apparatchik Delcy Rodriguez: "Now they are going to know my ugly face"

Toro Hardy: Government tried to force a deal in the DR
January 29, 2018

ND / 29 Jan 2018.- The economist José Toro Hardy affirmed on Monday that certain members present at the last meeting in the Dominican Republic told him that the government tried to "force" a deal with the opposition and that, according to them, they were willing to accede to "ANYTHING" in exchange for two conditions. "Some participants told me that at the last meeting in Santo Domingo, the government tried to force an agreement with their conditions, they were willing to accept anything with two conditions, that they would not change the CNE and that they would recognize the ANC," said the economist at interview for Globovisión.

He added: "As the opposition did not compromise in those agreements, the threat of Delcy (Rodriguez) was, 'now they are going to know my ugly face'".

http://www.noticierodigital.com/2018/01/toro-hardy-gobierno-intento-forzar-un-trato-en-rd/

What the Chavistas wanted was for their corrupt electoral council (CNE) to continue on as lapdogs to Chavismo; and for the opposition to recognize the ANC, a Chavista created legislative body (to replace the National Assembly) that creates bullshit out of thin air.

The opposition said "no deal". Recognize the legitimately elected AN, and the CNE must be non-partisan and fair. So I guess that means that Delcy might start smacking people on the head with her Gucci handbags.

January 30, 2018

Venezuela transportation unions meet today: Work stoppage now or die a slow death

Fedetransporte: Today we decide if we stop altogether or continue working and we hope to die
January 30, 2018

ND / Jan 30, 2018.- Fedetransporte's secretary of organization, José Sánchez, said on Tuesday that it is not a transport stoppage as such, but the holding of an assembly with all the federation's members to decide the actions that they will take before the crisis that crosses the sector with lack of spare parts and even lubricants.

"We are between 10% and 15% of the fleet that provides service. Given this situation, which is already collapse, today we have convened a large national assembly here at the headquarters of Fedetrasporte in El Paraíso with all the union representatives of all the states of the country to decide definitively what is what we are going to do Either we stop completely or we continue working and we hope to die, "he said in The Force is the Union , which transmits RCR .

Sanchez stressed that that is going to decide today the Assembly under the tutelage of all its members "depending on whether it is a collegial decision, agreed, and not taken as they are accustomed to do as a guarimba to overthrow the Government."

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http://www.noticierodigital.com/2018/01/fedetransporte-hoy-decidimos-nos-paramos-totalmente-seguimos-trabajando-esperamos-morir/

Well well well... seems that Chavismo's brand of Socialism has lost the unions. The workers aren't getting paid... when they are getting paid, it is in worthless Bolivars, and they cannot get spare parts, let alone gas and oil in the country with the worlds largest proven oil reserves.

!Viva Chavez! iViva la Revolucion!

January 29, 2018

Cost of food basket (Venezuela) increased over 80% in a month

Basic Family Basket reached 25 million bolivares
DolarToday / Jan 29, 2018 @ 1:00 p.m.

The price of the Basic Family Basket -CBF- of December 2017 is Bs. 25,123,437.24. Increased 11,240,071.85 Bolivars (63.3 minimum wages), 81.0% compared to November 2017. 837,447.90 Bolivars per day were needed to cover its cost, almost five minimum wages each day.

The annualized variation for the period December 2017 / December 2016 is 3,278.6%, Bs. 24,379,840.36, 137.3 minimum wages (Bs. 177,507.43).

All items went up in price

The monthly variation of the Basic Family Basket is due to the increase in the price of the seven groups that make it up.

Food rose 9,311,203.80 bolivars, from 7,190,158.98 to 16,501,362.78 bolivars, 129.5%.

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https://dolartoday.com/sin-tocar-fondo-canasta-basica-familiar-llego-25-millones-de-bolivares/

Wow. Only 137 minimum wages to eat for a month. How does Maduro top that for January, me wonders?

January 28, 2018

Nicaragua ends exports to Venezuela

AFP: US sanctions paralyze exports from Nicaragua to Venezuela
Friday, January 26, 2018 at 2:27 p.m.

Washington imposed economic sanctions on PDVSA in August and prohibits US citizens or companies from maintaining commercial or financial relations directly or indirectly with the Venezuelan oil company.

Nicaragua's exports to Venezuela, two political allies, were virtually reduced to zero by US sanctions on the South American country, Nicaraguan trade sources said.

"Until last October there were (commercial) transactions but it was at the end of that month that this changed, at this time (exports) are paralyzed, there is no intention of selling to Venezuela this year," the Association's manager told AFP. of Producers and Exporters of Nicaragua (APEN), Mario Arana.

Sales of food, tobacco and rum stopped since October, after the United States imposed sanctions on the state-run oil company Petróleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), which owns 51% of Albanisa shares, the binational agency responsible for the commercial exchange between the two countries, Arana said.

http://contrapunto.com/noticia/sanciones-de-eeuu-paralizan-exportaciones-de-nicaragua-a-venezuela-183213/

Not an issue. Maduro says that the crisis that you read about in the mainstream news sources is US propaganda. Entirely made up. Venezuela is awash in food, medicine and whatever else the population needs. Besides, he says these "sanctions" have zero effect on Venezuela. A "double non story" by Maduro's accounting...

January 19, 2018

2 VZ colectivos shot in back by Maduro's forces to instigate armed siege in Perez raid

Maduro sacrifices 2 of his men to simulate Óscar Pérez massacre showdown
BY ANTONIO MARIA DELGADO
January 18, 2018 07:06 PM

(translated from Spanish)

Before firing the rocket launcher at the picturesque villa, and also before breaking through the rubble to kill the survivors of the outbreak, Venezuelan soldiers and police had let Chavez paramilitaries pass through to shoot down the insurgent group, led by the police Venezuelan Óscar Pérez.

Except that the house they entered was the wrong house, and that those who ended up being executed were the leaders of the paramilitary gang who were to serve as executioners.

Two members of the paramilitary gang known as the Tres Raíces Collective died during the assault operation that shook Venezuela on Monday when it was broadcast in real time by Pérez himself through social networks.

But the two Chavistas were killed by other men of the Nicolás Maduro regime, in an attempt to instigate a confrontation that justified the deaths of Pérez and his group, police sources said.

"The shots went in the back. They [the members of the collective] were walking towards the house where they had been told that Óscar Pérez was there, but they did not even know where the group of special actions ended up shooting at them," said a Venezuelan police source who spoke on condition of anonymity.

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http://www.elnuevoherald.com/noticias/mundo/america-latina/venezuela-es/article195461414.html

So, Maduro set up two of his Red Shirts (colectivos) to die, so that they could justify using deadly force on Óscar Pérez. Life is cheap in ChavistaLand.

January 19, 2018

Empty shelves the norm in Venezuela supermarkets. iViva Chavez!

Many supermarkets in Venezuela are now half-empty
Jan 19, 2018 10:56 am

Dozens of bottles of English sauce occupy several meters on a shelf in a supermarket in Caracas. Opposite, in the refrigerator, a couple of containers with diced pineapple already darkened. Next door, in the butcher shop, unlit lights and empty cameras, publishes BBC Mundo.



This image is repeated in several of the large stores visited this week in the cities of Caracas, Valencia and Puerto Ordaz.

Although in recent years in Venezuela the shortage in supermarkets has been a problem that also seasonally increases in the months of January, now well-supplied establishments are also half-empty.



"There are 1,000 bottles of soy sauce covering everything. Before they really managed to cover all the spaces, but now they do not even have so much product to cover, "says Luis González after leaving a supermarket in Valencia, an industrial city in the center-west of Venezuela.

https://www.lapatilla.com/site/2018/01/19/muchos-supermercados-de-venezuela-ahora-estan-semivacios/

If anyone needs some soy sauce or aluminum foil, I imagine that there are plenty of Venezuelans would would barter for a hot dog.

January 19, 2018

Starving Venezuelans loot boat full of sardines

In Margarita they threw themselves into the sea to loot a boat with sardines (PHOTO)
Jan 18, 2018 4:59 pm

Residents of Margarita state Nueva Esparta, among men, women and children sacked Thursday a boat full of sardines, throwing themselves with tobos into the sea, without waiting for the marine vehicle to anchor.

The boatmen did not oppose the aggressiveness of the inhabitants. User reports on twitter say that in the town there are hungry and desperate people.

The exacerbation of the scarcity of food and the unstoppable acceleration of inflation have unleashed looting since the beginning of the Christmas season, with a balance so far of seven people dead.

The disturbances were ignited by the scarcity of pork, typical of the Venezuelan Christmas dish, despite the fact that President Nicolás Maduro had promised subsidized meat to alleviate the shortage in December.


https://www.lapatilla.com/site/2018/01/18/en-margarita-se-lanzaron-al-mar-para-saquear-una-lancha-con-sardinas-foto/

iViva Chavez! iViva la Revolucion!

January 19, 2018

Maduro confiscates cattle... declares 'victory' for the people

The Bolivarian Government confiscates 45 bulls to give them to CLAP
Jan 18, 2018 4:47 pm

translated from Spanish

Cattlemen denounced the arbitrary seizure of 45 bulls that were to be transferred to the island of Margarita, by state security forces.

The irregular situation occurred in the town of Sarasa, in the Guárico state, when the Bolivarian government abused its authority and intimidated the transporter and confiscated the cattle.


Such PROUD THIEVES!

In the same way, it transpired that this confiscated meat is being taken to some cellars in Fondas to be distributed in the Clap boxes at prices that are not real.

https://www.lapatilla.com/site/2018/01/18/gobierno-bolivariano-habria-decomisado-a-lo-bravo-45-toros-para-regalarlos-en-los-claps/

translation: Chavismo located a trailer full of cattle being taken to pasture land, and because Chavistas must do what Chavistas must do, threatened the driver/rancher with prison (or a bullet) and confiscated the cattle to be distributed among the Chavista faithful... with the promise of reimbursement to the rancher at a later date... in worthless Bolivars. (The Bolivar "Fuerte" devalued ~5% overnight)

January 19, 2018

Venezuela: El Pueblo queue up outside restaurant to eat... garbage (PHOTOS)

People eat garbage from Punta Grill restaurant (Photos)
Jan 18, 2018 6:11 pm

Through social networks several images were published in which you can see a group of about twenty people, waiting outside the Punta Grill restaurant in Las Mercedes, in the Baruta municipality.

In the images you can see that the large group of people, including a child, wait until a restaurant employee leaves to get rid of the trash of the store, for them to start checking the contents of the bags to search by edible remains.

On Twitter, the citizens echoed the images to reject the situation, hold the government accountable and call for a protest against the hunger that Venezuelans are currently facing, as expressed through their accounts.

https://twitter.com/rcalcano/status/954072091321667586

https://twitter.com/ismerco/status/954086151803023360

https://twitter.com/molotov1000/status/954106215495294976

iViva Chavez! iViva la Revolucion!