Desperate Venezuelans Facing Food Shortages

Reuters: Shortages push some Venezuelans to queue overnight for food

As dawn breaks over the scorching Venezuelan city of Maracaibo, smugglers, young mothers and a handful of kids stir outside a supermarket where they spent the night, hoping to be first in line for scarce rice, milk or whatever may be available.

Some of the people in line are half-asleep on flattened cardboard boxes, others are drinking coffee. Almost all are bemoaning their situation.

With shortages of basic goods and looting on the rise, more Venezuelans say they are resorting to nighttime waits in front of closed stores.

"I can't get milk for my child. What are we going to do?" said Leida Silva, 54, breaking into tears outside the Latino supermarket in northern Maracaibo where she arrived at 3 a.m. on a recent day.

WNU Editor: I am surprised that Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro popularity is at 23% .... Popularity of Venezuela's Maduro inches down to 24.3 percent (Reuters) .... it should be down at around 2%.