“The government
regulates the price of these goods. It doesn't subsidise them - it tells the
producer what they can charge. That might just about make sense in a buoyant
economy but with inflation running at over sixty percent and the value of the
currency plummeting, it appears producers are not only failing to make a profit
but are operating at a loss. Similarly companies who export food to Venezuela
have given up waiting to be paid by a government that's down on its luck and
are now selling their goods elsewhere.”