{"id":4058,"date":"2015-01-04T21:17:18","date_gmt":"2015-01-05T02:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=4058"},"modified":"2015-01-04T21:17:19","modified_gmt":"2015-01-05T02:17:19","slug":"now-theres-not-even-soap-maduro-heads-to-china-to-save-socialist-utopia-venezuela-zero-hedge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=4058","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Now There&#8217;s Not Even Soap&#8221; Maduro Heads To China To &#8216;Save&#8217; Socialist Utopia Venezuela | Zero Hedge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2015-01-04\/now-theres-not-even-soap-maduro-heads-china-save-socialist-utopia-venezuela\">&#8220;Now There&#8217;s Not Even Soap&#8221; Maduro Heads To China To &#8216;Save&#8217; Socialist Utopia Venezuela | Zero Hedge<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0.25em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; display: block;\">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\u00a0<strong>chaos at warehouses and supermarket<\/strong>s. As President Maduro decries the loss of $100 oil &#8220;stability&#8221;, vowing to return oil prices to their rightful places (and\u00a0<strong>heads to China for help<\/strong>), lines reach for miles for milk and soap&#8230; and the\u00a0<strong>people defy governmental bans on photographing empty market shelves<\/strong>&#8230;\u00a0<em>&#8220;We couldn&#8217;t find shampoo, so we washed our hair with soap. Now there&#8217;s not even soap.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0.25em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; display: block;\">* * *<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0.25em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; display: block;\">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.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>*MADURO SAYS TO WORK ON ECONOMIC, FINANCIAL MATTERS W\/ CHINA<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>*MADURO SAYS WILL VISIT VARIOUS OPEC COUNTRIES ON TRIP<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>*MADURO SAYS PLANS ON DEVELOPING OIL PRICE STRATEGY ON TRIP<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>*VENEZUELA TO RESTORE `NATURAL&#8217; PRICE FOR OIL, MADURO SAYS<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>*OIL MARKET MECHANISMS AT $100\/BARREL WERE STABLE: MADURO<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0.25em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; display: block;\">As AFP reports,<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0.25em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; display: block;\"><!-- [if gte mso 9]><xml>\n <w:WordDocument>\n  <w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom>\n  <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0<\/w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>\n  <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0<\/w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>\n  <w:UseMarginsForDrawingGridOrigin\/>\n <\/w:WordDocument>\n<\/xml><![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a name=\"OLE_LINK4\"><\/a><a name=\"OLE_LINK5\"><\/a><a name=\"OLE_LINK6\"><\/a><a name=\"OLE_LINK7\"><\/a><a name=\"OLE_LINK8\"><\/a><a name=\"OLE_LINK9\"><\/a><a name=\"OLE_LINK10\"><\/a><a name=\"OLE_LINK11\"><\/a><a name=\"OLE_LINK12\"><\/a><span style=\"mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK11;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK10;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK9;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK8;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK7;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK6;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK5;\"><span style=\"mso-bookmark: OLE_LINK4;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: LucidaGrande; color: #282828;\">&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0.25em; margin-bottom: 0.75em; display: block;\"><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Now There&#8217;s Not Even Soap&#8221; Maduro Heads To China To &#8216;Save&#8217; Socialist Utopia Venezuela | Zero Hedge. 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