In venezuela angry mobs are slaughtering cattle in the fields according to reports and supermarkets have to be protected by the military against looters the country is starving but as well as inflation rate has reached a staggering two thousand and six hundred percent according to calculate by the countrys parliament which has been disempowered by president Nicolas Maduro as of a tarion socialist regime price controls have been put in place to curb inflation but they have little effect on shelves are empty. Sad sight shelves have never been so empty in venezuela and its getting worse whats the point in the government reducing the price of staple foods when none are available anyway. Not. Painful to see the shelves because there isnt anything to eat i bought three things all i could get and my heart hurt because lowering prices is not the way the government should be acting. This seems critical to me because honestly were going through a very serious crisis right now. I dont know what t