Venezuela (Troops Deployed)

As the country of Venezuela runs out of much of the raw materials to produce basic goods and necessities for basic human life (beer, toilet paper, sugar, rice, corn, wheat, beans, ETC) the shortages occure because of trade deficits and the only way to cover that and pay off the debt is to barter in real goods as the purchasing power of the currency dissolves. Take note they are a country whos main income was amde from crude oil.

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"We you loose everything and there is nothing left to loose, you loose it!"

From the great - *Geral Celente*


http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2016/05/21/venezuela-collapsing-and-military-just-got-involved

Troops have been deployed around Venezuela’s capital of Caracas and in ‘every strategic region’ this weekend during the country’s largest ever military exercise.

The government claims the exercises are in response to the threat of invasion from the United States, but the real reason for the government’s state of emergency declaration is likely much closer to home.

For over a year now, Venezuelans have been suffering under an ever deepening economic and political crisis.

Bare supermarket shelves are common. Vital medicines are in short supply. Crime is rising. Blackouts occur daily. To save electricity, the government asked public sector workers to only show up on Mondays and Tuesdays - and this could soon extend to private companies as well.

All this in one of the largest oil producing nations on earth.

http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2016/05/21/coca-cola-forced-to-halt-production-in-venezuela-over-sugar-shortage/

Coca-Cola is halting production of its namesake soft drink in Venezuela for the foreseeable future due to a shortage of sugar.

The US company says it is being forced to take the action because it has run out of the raw material.

Venezuela's economy is teetering on the edge of collapse with widespread food shortages and inflation forecast to surpass 700%.

Last month, Venezuela's largest food and drinks company, Empresas Polar, stopped production of beer because it was unable to obtain enough imported barley.

Coca-Cola said sugar-free drinks would be unaffected.

The move comes after a week of violent clashes between security forces and supporters of the opposition to President Nicolas Maduro.

Last week Mr Maduro imposed a 60-day state of emergency giving extra powers to police and soldiers.

But analysts say that for many Venezuelans, the state of emergency is irrelevant as their daily life now involves spending hours waiting to buy scarce food and basic goods.