Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Venezuelan President Maduro Enjoys A 'Feast' At An Upscale Turkish Steak House As His Country Goes Hungry



BBC: Nicolás Maduro: Fury over Venezuela leader's Salt Bae 'feast'

Video of Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro eating in an upscale steak restaurant in Turkey has caused outrage in crisis-hit Venezuela.

The images show Turkish celebrity chef Nusret Gokce, also known as "Salt Bae" carving meat in front of the president and his wife, Cilia Flores, at Gokce's Nusr-Et restaurant in Istanbul.

Almost two-thirds of Venezuelans have reported losing weight as shortages of food worsened in recent years.

Red meat is especially scarce.

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WNU Editor: The optics of this video are beyond terrible/horrible/awful. Meanwhile back in Venezuela .... Classrooms near empty as school starts in crisis-stricken Venezuela (Reuters).

Update: Talk about giving a finger to your critics .... Maduro Vows He'll Return to Salt Bae's Steakhouse After Backlash (Bloomberg).

More News On Venezuelan President Maduro Enjoying A 'Feast' At An Upscale Turkish Steak House As His Country Goes Hungry

Maduro’s lavish ‘Salt Bae’ dinner goes viral, sparks fury at home -- France 24
Maduro under fire for dining on steak cut by Salt Bae in lavish Turkish restaurant while Venezuelans starve -- The Telegraph
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro blasted for dining on 'Salt Bae' steak as his country starves -- USA Today
Venezuela’s Maduro Feasts on Steak, Smokes Cigars at Salt Bae Restaurant -- Bloomberg
Venezuela president dines on ‘Salt Bae’ steaks while his nation starves -- NYPost
Venezuela's president ate steak at Salt Bae's restaurant while people in his country are starving -- Business Insider

4 comments:

RussInSoCal said...

"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others".

/Napoleon

Anonymous said...

@ "All animals are equal" quote... It's a George Orwell quote from the book Animal Farm in which one of the pigs is called Napoleon (=Stalin) and Snowball (=Trotsky)

:P

Americanadian soldier said...

Thank-you

Anonymous said...

Maduro is a liberal.

What do you expect?