{"id":17746,"date":"2016-02-13T12:25:27","date_gmt":"2016-02-13T17:25:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=17746"},"modified":"2016-02-13T12:25:27","modified_gmt":"2016-02-13T17:25:27","slug":"venezuela-is-out-of-food-heres-what-an-economic-collapse-really-looks-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=17746","title":{"rendered":"Venezuela Is Out of Food: Here\u2019s What an Economic Collapse Really Looks Like"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theorganicprepper.ca\/venezuela-is-out-of-food-heres-what-an-economic-collapse-really-looks-like-02132016\">Venezuela Is Out of Food: Here\u2019s What an Economic Collapse Really Looks Like<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fwI\" title=\"Venezuela Is Out of Food\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theorganicprepper.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Venezuela-Is-Out-of-Food.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container addtoany_content_top\">\n<div id=\"\" class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list a2a_target\">Venezuela is out of food.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>After several years of long lines, rationing, and shortages, the socialist country does not have enough food to feed its population, and the opposition government\u00a0has declared a \u201cnutritional emergency.\u201d This is just the most recent nail in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/241UnlO\" target=\"_blank\">the beleaguered country\u2019s slow, painful economic collapse<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Many people expect an economic collapse to be shocking, instant, and dramatic, but really, it\u2019s far more gradual than that. It looks like empty shelves, long lines, desperate government officials trying to cover their tushes, and hungry people. For the past two years, I\u2019ve been following the situation in Venezuela as each shocking event has unfolded. Americans who feel that our country would be better served by a socialist government would be wise to take note of this timeline of the collapse.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A quick review: Why Venezuela Is Out of Food<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2013, many began to suspect that the\u00a0outlook for Venezuela was grim\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theorganicprepper.ca\/could-prepping-become-illegal-here-too-venezuelan-govt-to-detain-hoarders-10042013\" target=\"_blank\">when prepping became illegal<\/a>. \u00a0The Attorney General of Venezuela,\u00a0Luisa Ortega D\u00edaz, called on prosecutors to target people who are \u201choarding\u201d basic staples with serious sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly thereafter, grocery stores<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theorganicprepper.ca\/venezuela-enforces-fingerprint-registry-to-buy-groceries-what-to-do-before-rationing-starts-in-america-04022014\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0instituted a fingerprint registry to purchase food and supplies<\/a>. Families had to register and were allotted a certain amount of supplies to prevent \u201choarding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then, just over a year ago,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theorganicprepper.ca\/this-is-what-a-real-life-economic-collapse-looks-like-01272015\" target=\"_blank\">it became even more apparent that the country was falling<\/a>. when long lines for basic necessities such as laundry soap, diapers, and food became the norm rather than the exception.\u00a0Thousands of people were standing in line for 5-6 hours in the hopes that they would be able to purchase a few much-needed items.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venezuela Is Out of Food: Here\u2019s What an Economic Collapse Really Looks Like Venezuela is out of food. After several years of long lines, rationing, and shortages, the socialist country does not have enough food to feed its population, and the opposition government\u00a0has declared a \u201cnutritional emergency.\u201d This is just the most recent nail in\u00a0the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[6156,236,2924,319,5837,851],"class_list":["post-17746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-survival-2","tag-daisy-luther","tag-economic-collapse","tag-emergency","tag-food","tag-organic-prepper","tag-venezuela"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17746"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17747,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17746\/revisions\/17747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}