Venezuelan woman shot dead during latest looting

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Source: Reuters


Venezuelan woman died on Monday after being shot in the face when looters raided state food warehouses, her family said, in the latest unrest in the crisis-hit OPEC nation.

Relatives of hotel worker Jenny Ortiz, 42, said she died in hospital after being shot during the melee late on Sunday in San Cristobal, a town near the border of Colombia, where looting and antigovernment protests have occurred in recent months.

Family including her mother-in-law Carmen Rosa, 58, who said she saw the incident, alleged that a policeman shot Ortiz.

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LOOTINGS ON THE RISE

Looting, lynchings and violent protests have been on the rise this year as Venezuela's economic crisis has deepened. The country of 30 million is plagued by shortages of food and other basics, and inflation is the highest in the world.



Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-looting-idUSKCN0YS1XJ

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2. Venezuela had over 27,000 murders last year alone nt

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3. With only 10% of the population of the US too.

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6. "you guys never get your groove on criticizing Saudi Arabia"

Everybody agrees Saudi sucks...Venz. on the other hand has cheerleaders here, 'cause who doesn't love a country with the highest inflation in the world, one of the highest murder rates and practically floating in oil yet can't keep the lights on or food on the shelves...lol

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10. I didn't laugh at any suffering, no matter how self imposed...

....I laughed at cheerleaders for a failure of a government.

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8. The US isn't working to overthrow Maduro although the Venezuelan people are

The government is dragging its feet on the recall petition because they know if there is a recall vote Maduro will lose.

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11. The Difference Being

that in Venezuela, the shooting came during riots and looting at state food warehouses due to food shortages caused in turn by government price controls.

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4. Not to worry

The ambassador says everything is fine.