“Now There’s Not Even Soap” Maduro Heads To China To ‘Save’ Socialist Utopia Venezuela | Zero Hedge.
Social media is awash with striking images of #EmptyShelvesInVenezuela (#AnaquelesVaciosEnVenezuela) as the evaporation of basic human staples such as toilet paper has now been hyperinflated to total chaos at warehouses and supermarkets. As President Maduro decries the loss of $100 oil “stability”, vowing to return oil prices to their rightful places (and heads to China for help), lines reach for miles for milk and soap… and the people defy governmental bans on photographing empty market shelves… “We couldn’t find shampoo, so we washed our hair with soap. Now there’s not even soap.”
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro begins a trip to China and OPEC member countries in search of financial support as his country reels from falling oil prices and a tattered economy.
- *MADURO SAYS TO WORK ON ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL MATTERS W/ CHINA
- *MADURO SAYS WILL VISIT VARIOUS OPEC COUNTRIES ON TRIP
- *MADURO SAYS PLANS ON DEVELOPING OIL PRICE STRATEGY ON TRIP
- *VENEZUELA TO RESTORE `NATURAL’ PRICE FOR OIL, MADURO SAYS
- *OIL MARKET MECHANISMS AT $100/BARREL WERE STABLE: MADURO
As AFP reports,
