People lining up to fill jerry cans with water from the Wuaraira Repano mountain in Caracas, Venezuela.PHOTO: AFP
Bloomberg: The Army Took Over the Spigots, Forcing Thirsty Venezuelans to Pay
(Bloomberg) -- To arrive at the El Paraiso water-filling station in Caracas by sunrise, Rigoberto Sanchez wakes before 4 a.m. Hours later, his tanker is in a slow-moving line with a dozen others. Only two of the 10 pumps work and Sanchez will have time for a couple of deliveries if he’s lucky. If he’s luckier, the military won’t intercept him.
“They hijack our trucks, just like that,” said Sanchez, leaning on a rusty railing. “Once that happens, you’re in their hands, you have to drive the truck wherever they want you to.”’
Venezuela’s military has come to oversee the desperate and lucrative water trade as reservoirs empty, broken pipes flood neighborhoods and overwhelmed personnel walk out. Seven major access points in the capital of 5.5 million people are now run by soldiers or police, who also took total control of all public and private water trucks. Unofficially, soldiers direct where drivers deliver — and make them give away the goods at favored addresses.
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WNU Editor: Venezuela's neglect at maintaining its infrastructure has been well documented over the years. Roads, electricity, the oil industry, and now water. It just keeps on getting worse.
2 comments:
This is beyond comprehension. The military, the police, and who knows else. Robbing their own citizens. Of water! Toilet paper is for small fries, now. I'd like to hear Bernie's comments on yet another socialist paradise sinking in a mire of it's once trusted leaders and institution's making.
Roger,
Their eternal response is always "Its not being implemented correctly". Can't argue with stupid my friend.
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