A manager walks by the debris at the Centro 99 supermarket in Maracaibo, Zulia on March 14. Photographer: Carlos Becerra/Bloomberg
Bloomberg: Venezuela’s Oil Capital Ransacked When the Lights Went Out
* In Maracaibo, hundreds of businesses were looted in blackout
* The pillage shows that anyone’s grip on the nation is tenuous
The sack of Maracaibo was almost over Thursday after a frenzy of violence and looting that showed just how close Venezuela is to total chaos.
In the country’s sweltering oil capital, about 500 businesses -- bakeries, tire shops, entire shopping malls -- were pillaged during the nationwide power blackout that began March 7. Looting continued even after the lights flickered on as residents overwhelmed the security forces of the Nicolas Maduro regime. Storekeepers are just beginning to clean up as the desperate keep sifting through the rubble.
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Update: "This Country Has Gone To Hell": Total Chaos In Venezuelan Oil Capital After Blackout (Zero Hedge)
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WNU Editor: It is everyone for themselves right now.
4 comments:
Its officially SHTF in Venezuela. With the public being disarmed 6 years ago, they're easy pickings for raiders and tyrants.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-18288430
Socialism spill aisle 9.
What I've yet to see are any Maduro supporters talking their man up other than blaming US for their problems.
You have three choices for your population.
Ban guns in the hands of citizens and they can become victims of those who do have guns, legally or otherwise, or are simply more aggressive.
Allow the citizens to have guns and they will kill the armed bad guys and the more aggressive people who try to kill people and steal stuff. Also they will eventually kill each other over imagined wrong doings, nationality, political leanings, kids, or, as simple acts of faith.
Guns of course need not be the issue if you are the government and have a desire to simply kill off groups of people. Just stop the flow of food and water, and of course electricity.
It is all just a matter of time, opportunity and determination.
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