Breadmakers blame the government for a national shortage of wheat, saying 80 percent of establishments have none left in stock.
CARACAS Venezuela this week arrested four bakers making illegal brownies and other pastries as President Nicolas Maduro`s socialist government threatens to take over bakeries in Caracas as part of a new "bread war".
The group representing bakers, Fevipan, has asked for a meeting with Maduro, saying most establishments cannot anyway make ends meet without selling higher-priced products.
The ruling Socialist Party says pro-opposition businessmen are sabotaging the OPEC nation`s economy by hoarding products and hiking prices.
"Those behind the `bread war` are going to pay, and don`t let them say later it is political persecution," Maduro had warned at the start of the week.
0 comments:
Post a Comment