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But not every household has a pet doggy to eat, THE SYSTEM IS SO UNFAIR.No....this is just social fairness and redistribution. Stop being racist. Bigot.
According to reports, Maduro claimed that the decision was made after the discovery that Washington was allegedly “activating measures at the request of Venezuela’s fascist right,” the details of which he is yet to reveal. It was added that the powers vested in Maduro following the declaration permit him “to stabilise our country, and confront all the international and national threats against our fatherland in this moment.” Venezuela’s opposition party has reportedly promised to increase efforts to remove Maduro from presidency, following their landslide victory in the Parliament elections held in December 2015.
Further, the state of emergency was reportedly declared after a week of protests calling for Maduro’s resignation escalating into violence, with agitators throwing stones and the police retaliating with teargas. Hundreds of supporters reportedly took to Caracas’ streets waving flags and shouting “he’s going to fail,” following increasing shortages of basic goods and electricity in a country that used to be one of Latin America’s most developed nations. Reports state that increasing rates of inflation, food shortages and calls to reduce electricity consumption have led Venezuela into a downward spiral, and has also prompted a U.S. official to say that “you can hear the ice cracking. You know there’s a crisis coming.”
Further, in order to slightly relieve the deepening economic crisis, Maduro reportedly warned that he would seize factories that have stalled production, and further threatened to jail their proprietors, in an attempt to recover means of production.
Venezuelan president declares state of emergency opposition slams decree
Maduro's remarks came as Venezuela's opposition warned the embattled leader that if he tries to block an attempt to hold a recall referendum, society could "explode." Speaking to supporters in the capital, Caracas, the president ordered "all actions to recover the production apparatus, which is being paralyzed by the bourgeoisie." He also said that businesspeople who "sabotage the country" by halting production at their plants risk being "put in handcuffs." Last month the country's largest food and beverage distributor, Empresas Polar, shut down its last operating beer plant. It says it has been unable to access hard currency to buy raw materials.
A protester holds up a sign with messages that read in Spanish; "The recall off course it will be approved. In Venezuela there is nothing" during an opposition march in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, May 14, 2016. The protesters are demanding that electoral officials accelerate the certification of the petition signatures that would kick off a recall of President Nicolas Maduro.
Maduro accuses Polar and others of trying to destabilize the financially stricken country by exacerbating shortages of goods from foodstuffs to medicines to toilet paper. Meanwhile dueling anti- and pro-government crowds demonstrated in Caracas on Saturday for and against a bid to recall the president. Maduro opponents demanded that the National Electoral Council rule on the validity of some 1.8 million signatures collected in favor of the referendum and allow it to move forward. "If you obstruct the democratic way, we do not know what could happen in this country," opposition leader Henrique Capriles said at one rally. "Venezuela is a bomb that could explode at any moment."
Across town, Maduro ally Jorge Rodriguez vowed there would be no recall referendum. "They got signatures from dead people, minors and undocumented foreigners," Rodriguez said. Opposition leaders deny any fraud in the signature drive. Friday's decree extended for 60 days Maduro's exceptional powers to address the crisis. Venezuela is suffering from multiple financial woes including rampant inflation and low prices for oil, the cornerstone of its economy. Opposition leaders accuse Maduro and his predecessor, the late President Hugo Chavez, of mismanaging the economy. Maduro alleges that conservative political interests are waging what he calls an "economic war" seeking his ouster.
News from The Associated Press
Venezuela braced for protests on Saturday (May 14) after President Nicolas Maduro declared a state of emergency to combat the "foreign aggression" he blamed for an economic crisis that has pushed the country to the brink of collapse. The opposition called on protesters to flood an avenue in western Caracas to pressure the authorities to allow a referendum to remove the Socialist leader from power, in line with the constitution. Maduro's camp called a rival demonstration in the centre of the capital, where he was to announce new measures to address a crippling recession that has led to food shortages, soaring prices, riots, looting and vigilante justice. The economic crisis, together with an electricity shortage, has already forced the government to decree daily power cuts across most of the country, close schools on Fridays, and reduce the workweek to two days for government employees.
The embattled president, who declared a state of "economic emergency" in January, expanded it on Friday to a full-blown state of emergency to fight what he called "threats from abroad." In an address to the nation, Maduro said the measures, initially decreed for three months, will likely be extended through 2017. He did not specify if they will limit civil rights. The original economic decree authoried the government to seize private business assets to guarantee the supply of basic goods. The new decree, he said, is "a fuller, more comprehensive protection for our people," which "guarantees peace, guarantees stability, that will allow us ... to recover the country's productive capacity."
BLAME WASHINGTON
Maduro regularly blames US and local business interests for what his administration calls an "economic war" on oil-dependent Venezuela, whose economy has sunk in tandem with global crude prices. Venezuela has the world's largest oil reserves, but its economy contracted 5.7 per cent last year and its official inflation rate topped 180 per cent. Washington has had a rocky relationship with Caracas since Maduro's late predecessor and mentor, Hugo Chavez, came to power in 1999, and the two countries have not exchanged ambassadors since 2010. Despite the bad blood, the United States is Venezuela's main trading partner and biggest oil customer.
Senior US intelligence officials believe Maduro's government could be overthrown in a popular uprising this year, The Washington Post reported on Saturday. "You can hear the ice cracking," an intelligence official said. "You know there's a crisis coming." The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said US policymakers' main concern is that the country does not collapse. They have been especially disappointed by the undisciplined, divided opposition, they said. With Maduro's disapproval rating at 68 per cent, the opposition won control of the legislature in elections last December. But their coalition, the Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD), has struggled to overcome internal divisions and develop a cohesive strategy to oust Maduro.
'WORST ACT OF CORRUPTION'
