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| informe21.com |
CARACAS, Venezuela — Battling food shortages, the government is
rolling out a new ID system that is either a grocery loyalty card with
extra muscle or the most dramatic step yet toward rationing in
Venezuela, depending on who is describing it.
President Nicolas Maduro’s administration says the cards to
track families’ purchases will foil people who stock up on groceries at
subsidized prices and then illegally resell them for several times the
amount. Critics say it’s another sign the oil-rich Venezuelan economy is
headed toward Cuba-style dysfunction.
Registration begins at more than 100 government-run supermarkets across
the country Tuesday, and working-class shoppers who sometimes endure
hours-long lines at government-run stores to buy groceries at steeply
reduced prices are welcoming the plan.
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