Venezuela’s latest ruse to tackle shortages: fingerprint scanners in supermarkets
For more than 50 years, citizens of Communist Cuba have been assured access to basic foodstuffs by the libreta, or ration book. But the subsidised system in increasingly controversial and last year Raúl Castro, the country’s president, rubbished it as ...
Venezuela needs low-carbon action - not greenwash
Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. The Venezuelan government is being praised for organising an event last July with over 100 organisations dedicated to promoting civil society participation ...
Venezuela to Fingerprint Supermarket Shoppers
When artificial price controls fail to bring food to the poor and instead lead to catastrophic shortages for everyone, what do you do? If you are Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, you don't admit that the socialist policy you inherited from the late ...
Venezuela's Maduro Sees Approval Boost
Venezuela's president Nicolas Maduro has seen his approval rating bounce back, and now enjoys overwhelming majority support, accord to polls. Venezuela's president Nicolas Maduro is enjoying a 60 percent approval rating, according to a recent poll ...
The Venezuela Case Study In How Not To Help The Poor
Venezuela under Chavez and now Maduro is an interesting case study in how not to go about trying to aid the poor. What they’ve done is interfered with market signals in an attempt to make certain items cheaper for the poor to purchase. The net effect has ...
Venezuela’s Sovereignty Under Attack
In the coming weeks, the United States Senate is expected to vote on a bill authorizing boosted funding for anti-government groups in Venezuela for the upcoming fiscal year. If passed, the bill will only further violate legislation that prohibits said ...
Dollar Shortage Bites Venezuela as Devaluation Seen: Currencies
Venezuelan Daniela Toledo knew exactly what to ask for as a gift when her boss went on vacation to the Caribbean. Instead of a carton of duty free cigarettes or a bottle of whisky, Toledo wanted a stick of her favorite deodorant, which she’d been unable ...
Venezuela Will Fingerprint Grocery Shoppers to Control Purchases
In Dystopian Present news, Venezuela is about to start fingerprinting citizens to control how much food they're allowed to buy when they shop for groceries. President Nicholas Maduro announced the move earlier this week, calling it an "anti-fraud system ...
Eggs, Milk And Ink: Venezuela Wants All Supermarket Shoppers Fingerprinted
Attention Venezuelan shoppers: Please proceed to the supermarket checkout for fingerprinting. That could be a reality if a plan announced earlier this week by the country's president, Nicolas Maduro, goes into effect. The purpose? Combating shortages ...
Venezuela Proposes Fingerprinting Grocery Shoppers
Venezuelans could soon have to scan their fingerprints to buy bread. President Nicolas Maduro says a mandatory fingerprinting system is being implemented at grocery stores to combat food shortages by keeping people from buying too much of a single item.
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Digilats Team: Carolina Rubianogroot (México), Andrea Lofrano (Venezuela), Patrice Lamiral (Brasil), Fabián Piña (Chile), Fernando Bozzoletti (Argentina), Verónica Paz Soldán (México), Ceci Solá (Ecuador), Paola Tealdo (Perú), Auribel Chaar (Puerto Rico), Adriana Pineda y Juanita […]
Edición de la 3ra Semana de Agosto Versión Digital
Ya puedes comenzar a disfrutar de muestro semanario impreso en versión digital, el cual circula en la Gran Valencia de Carabobo Venezuela y que próximamente estará en circulación de Aragua Miranda y Gran Caracas Mundo Noticias El Semanario del CentroArchivado en: Deportes, Economia, Espectaculos, Po ...
Faltan 2 meses para el International Boa
Faltan 2 meses para el International Boat Show de Fort Lauderdale http://ow.ly/AJkrK Yachtcenter estará presente! #Venezuela
Operaciones sinarquicas
Estamos viendo la madre de todas las confusiones, confusiones que están perfectamente dirigidas, no se entiende nada y no se entiende nada porque no se analiza desde el punto de vista ideológico, pero si lo miramos como le estrategia marxista para la toma de poder, no solo de la República Argentina ...
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RELOCATION OF CHILDREN Under Florida Statute 61.13001, the parent with majority time sharing with the minor children can petition the Court to allow the relocation of the parent and the children to another place. The parent who petitions for the relocation must prove to the Court that the move is in ...
Cuban Influence Falls Short – Study Finds Venezuelan Public Favors Washington Over Havana
Despite rocky diplomatic relations, Venezuelan public prefers U.S. to Cuba By Kat Devlin, Pew Research Center Venezuela has had a rough year. With inflation topping 60% in May, new talk of raising the country’s incredibly low gas prices and shortages of goods ranging from coffee to toilet paper, the ...
La leoncita Delfina Thomé sumó otra medalla para Mendoza
Fue luego de vencer a Japón en el partido por el 3º y 4º puesto de los Juegos Olímpicos de la Juventud. El Ministerio de Deportes apoyó el viaje de la joven promesa. La leoncita mendocina(MinutoHockey.com) Las buenas noticias siguen llegando desde Nanjing, China, donde se están disputando los Juegos ...
MINIATURAS DEL BEISBOL Mirando a las Aguilas
hectorj.cruz@listindiario.com Resultó muy grato compartir con los principales directivos de las Aguilas, el presidente Kilvio Hernández y el gerente general Stanley Javier. Ellos estuvieron el domingo pasado en La Semana Deportiva, y me dio la impresión de que en todo momento fueron más que transpar ...
Ley de abastecimiento: improvisación en el derrumbe
Partido Obrero No se observa falta de productos. Por el contrario, hay sobreproducción. El desabastecimiento lo provoca el gobierno con sus restricciones a las importaciones, debido a la crisis de la deuda usuraria. Esta ley anuncia la agudización de todas las contradicciones acumuladas. El proyecto ...
MAS: Con captahuellas se señala a todo venezolano como contrabandista
MAS: Con captahuellas se señala a todo venezolano como contrabandista María Verdeal, Vicepresidenta nacional del partido Movimiento al Socialismo, advirtió que existe el claro propósito de confundir contrabando con escasez. EL UNIVERSAL lunes 25 de agosto de 2014 05:58 PM Caracas.- María Verdeal, Vi ...
