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<h1 id="reader-title">Basic Goods 'Suspiciously' Begin to Appear
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class="subtitle"><b>December 14, 2015<br>
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<p itemprop="description alternativeHeadline"
class="subtitle"><b>People on social media are denouncing
the right-wing opposition for being behind a U.S.-backed
economic war on Venezuela.</b></p>
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<p>In 1970, U.S. President Richard Nixon ordered the CIA
to make the “Chilean economy scream,” a conspiracy to
overthrow the first democratically elected socialist
government of Latin America that was accompanied by
disappearing basic products from the shelves of stores
across the country. </p>
<p>The same plan was implemented against Venezuela. And
the fact that after the Dec. 6 victory of the right-wing
opposition, basic products are beginning to appear in
stores throughout the South American nation, suggests
that the right-wing opposition backed by the U.S.
implemented the same plan. </p>
<p>And as it happened in Chile after the CIA-backed coup
and murder of socialist President Salvador Allende Sept.
11, 1973, basic products have begun to appear on the
shelves of stores in Venezuela. </p>
<p>Through social media, people in Venezuela have begun to
denounce the suspicious reappearance of some staple
goods in some markets following the Dec. 6 elections. </p>
<p><strong>“John Kerry’s wife, Teresa Heinz, is a Heinz
shareholder, the same company that stopped producing
goods in Venezuela. What a coincidence!”</strong> </p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="es">
<p>La esposa de John Kerry, Teresa Heinz Kerry, es
accionista de Heinz, la misma empresa que paró su
producción en Venezuela. Que casualidad! — Patrika
(@noerestusinoyo) <a
href="https://twitter.com/noerestusinoyo/status/675625353650577409">December
12, 2015</a></p>
</blockquote>
<p><strong>“What does this mean? Flour and
Mayonnaise expired five months ago. Is there or not an
economic war?”</strong> </p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="es">
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/nacholacriatura">@nacholacriatura</a>
esto que te lleva? Sacan Harina de hace 5 meses y
mayonesa vencida. Hay o no guerra económica?. <a
href="https://t.co/l1YL1yq7Ru">pic.twitter.com/l1YL1yq7Ru</a>
— Alberto Torres (@FullRevolution4) <a
href="https://twitter.com/FullRevolution4/status/675151243413729280">December
11, 2015</a></p>
</blockquote>
<p><strong>“They won an election through an economic war.
They were constantly causing harm to the people
through scarcity.”</strong> </p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="es">
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/Pr1meroJusticia">@Pr1meroJusticia</a>
<a href="https://twitter.com/nacholacriatura">@nacholacriatura</a>
ganaron una elección por la guerra económica siempre
es tubieron haciendo daño al pueblo con golpes paros —
antonio tovar (@tovar365954) <a
href="https://twitter.com/tovar365954/status/676193073022558208">December
14, 2015</a></p>
</blockquote>
<p><strong>“The critical situation we are living today is
product of the damn economic war that you support. The
economic war won.”</strong> </p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="es">
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/nacholacriatura">@nacholacriatura</a>
La situación crítica que hoy vivimos es producto de
esta maldita GUERRA ECONÓMICA q TÚ apoyas. Ganó La
GUERRA ECONÓMICA. — FRENTE HUGO CHAVEZ
(@FrentHugoChavez) <a
href="https://twitter.com/FrentHugoChavez/status/675296066099617792">December
11, 2015</a></p>
</blockquote>
<p><strong>“Kraft-Heinz workers denounce the owner of
participating in the economic war against the people
of Venezuela.”</strong> </p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="es">
<p>Empleados de Kraf- Heinz denuncian al dueño empresa
por participar en la guerra económica contra pueblo <a
href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Venezuela?src=hash">#Venezuela</a> <a
href="https://t.co/gfuPnmsugC">pic.twitter.com/gfuPnmsugC</a>
— Miozotis F. Pinares (@MioPinares) <a
href="https://twitter.com/MioPinares/status/676177745982832640">December
13, 2015</a></p>
</blockquote>
<p><strong>“Heinz in Venezuela paralyzed over a year due
to the lack of raw materials and after the elections,
MIRACLE, y begins producing again.”</strong> </p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="es">
<p>Heinz Venezuela más de 1 año paralizada por "falta de
materias primas" y tras elecciones, MILAGRO, retoma
producción <a href="https://t.co/yTvVyxzLqi">pic.twitter.com/yTvVyxzLqi</a>
— itobé (@itobesur) <a
href="https://twitter.com/itobesur/status/675429302956122112">December
11, 2015</a></p>
</blockquote>
<p>The social media users have indicated that the sudden
reappearance of these goods and the fact that they have
expired dates on them expose that there have been no
issues with production, but rather with distribution,
which many right-wing business people control. </p>
<p>They also said the reappearance of certain products is
evidence of the economic war the U.S. and the political
opposition in Venezuela launched to destabilize the
country and which was denounced on many occasions by the
socialist government of President Nicolas Maduro. </p>
<p>The reactions on social media have included photos of
the reappearance of previously “missing” products and
demands to the government asking them to take the
necessary legal measures against those responsible for
hoarding and the economic war. </p>
<p>In some tweets, social media users note the link
between food company Heinz and the economic war, as the
U.S. food processing firm announced it would begin
production again after months of inactivity. </p>
<p>Recently, Maduro ordered an investigation into Heinz
after workers at the company's plant in the central
state of Carabobo reported that the food processor was
fully operational, while the owners were refusing to
produce certain goods.
</p>
<p>On Saturday, the leader of the Heinz workers' union,
Hernan Garcia, said that after various months of failed
attempts to sign a collective contract with the company
on Dec. 9 they finally achieved their objectives and
that they would begin working again. </p>
<p>This fact has been considered by many Venezuelans as
evidence that Heinz participated in the economic war. </p>
<p>Street vendor Rene Holanda commented on teleSUR that
the opposition has always resorted to “punishing the
stomach of the people to blame the government for
shortages. But also the gringos (U.S. government) have
blocked the commercialization of raw materials and
products.” </p>
<p>Most comments regarding the reappearance of basic foods
blame the United States for interfering in Venezuela and
depriving the people of basic foods in order to push
forward its political agenda, which is likely linked to
the country's resources, such as oil. </p>
<p>“I don't believe the industrialists conspired alone
against the Venezuelan people ... that help was more
than likely from the United States,” said Silbano Pita.
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