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flamingdem

(39,321 posts) Wed Jul 10, 2013, 02:10 AM Jul 2013

Edward Snowden packs for Venezuela

Joke being that there it's difficult to find toilet paper in Venezuela.

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Edward Snowden packs for Venezuela (Original Post) flamingdem Jul 2013 OP

and it's all Obama's fault dlwickham Jul 2013 #1

Just saw this about Kimberly Clark going there - US company? flamingdem Jul 2013 #2

He should throw in a few sacks of arepa flour and some frozen chickens. MADem Jul 2013 #3

dlwickham

(3,316 posts)

1. and it's all Obama's fault

Reply to flamingdem (Original post)

Wed Jul 10, 2013, 02:22 AM

Jul 2013

that there's no toilet paper in Venezuela

flamingdem

(39,321 posts)

2. Just saw this about Kimberly Clark going there - US company?

Reply to dlwickham (Reply #1)

Wed Jul 10, 2013, 02:24 AM

Jul 2013

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/18/us-venezuela-kimberlyclark-idUSBRE95H0M820130618

(Reuters) - Kimberly-Clark Corp is planning a 234 million bolivar ($37.1 mln) investment to expand operations in Venezuela, the state news agency said, in a move that should help ease an embarrassing national shortage of toilet paper.

Scarcity of some food items, medicines and basic bathroom products has marred the start of President Nicolas Maduro's government, which began in April.

The shortages have become symbolic of the South American OPEC nation's increasingly tangled economic problems, particularly a shortage of dollars for importers.

The government blames private businesses for hoarding and price-gouging. Critics say the shortages, high inflation, and slowing growth are the result of nationalizations and other socialist economics under Maduro's predecessor Hugo Chavez.

MADem

(135,425 posts)

3. He should throw in a few sacks of arepa flour and some frozen chickens.

Reply to flamingdem (Original post)

Wed Jul 10, 2013, 04:18 AM

Jul 2013

Those are in short supply, too....

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