Basic Necessities and Armed Guard

: Three-quarter empty supermarkets are being ransacked by angry, hungry mobs, according to The Guardian. The government has declared a state of emergency, food is now being transported under armed guard, and basic necessities are being rationed. Ordinary people in the oil-rich country are regularly going without food. People have to queue for hours and sometimes overnight on their assigned days to receive staples like rice and cooking oil. The shadow of hunger, the desperation of the crowds and the spread of unrest and criminality threaten the government of Nicolás Maduro, three years after he was bequeathed power by the dying revolutionary strongman, Hugo Chávez. Related:'We are like a bomb': food riots show Venezuela crisis has gone beyond politics By IMF figures, it has the world worst negative growth rate , and the worst inflation rate . The unemployment rate is 17% but is expected to climb to near 30% in the coming few years. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.