'BODIES PILING UP': All you need to know about Venezuela's looming implosion

http://www.businessinsider.com.au/venezuela-implosion-2016-4
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It now seems inevitable that Venezuela, for decades touted as a “socialist paradise”, will disintegrate by the end of the year.

It’s the ultimate case of “Dutch disease”, a country now rotten from depending far too much on the export of a primary product and, as a result, facing a currency so bloated it can’t maintain productivity and competitiveness.

Now, the inevitable violence and chaos is starting to spill over. On Sunday, the Financial Times cited reports of the morgue in the capital city of Caracas overwhelmed with the stench of dead bodies piling up.

There’s been no official homicide data from Venezuela since 2006, but El Nacional is claiming “5186” murders in 2016 to date. One local think tank puts the rate at 92 killings per 100,000 citizens – about 22,000 Australians a year in local terms, or 84 murders every weekend in Sydney.




Seafood soup $175 at the Bolivarian price or about $1.50 at black market

Parrilla for 2 $700 at the chavista exchange rate or $5.50 at black market

Liver and onions $135 Bolivarian price or about $1.15 black market

Black pepper pork chop $157 at the revolutionary exchange rate or $1.25 at black market