Food Shortage
The Pandemic is Teaching People One Important Lesson: Grow Your Own Food
The fear of food shortages is driving many to follow what urban farmers have been doing for years: growing their own groceries.
This is what life is like in Venezuela when the lights go out
“I handed out the food so it wouldn't go to waste,” said Luisa Changir, a 60-year-old Caracas resident.
New York Bodegas Are Running Out of Fritos and Funyuns, Report Says
Frito-Lay, however, claimed that reports of a snack deficit are overblown.
This Guy Wrote a Guide to Being a Cannibal
To Eat or to be Eaten—A Guide to Cannibalism contains human butchery diagrams and recipes for human minced meat mango tartare and human tenderloin with cider.
Has Venezuela's Food Shortage Really Led People to Eat Flamingos and Anteaters?
Reports also claim people have begun to eat horses, cats, dogs, and pigeons.
Tourism Boom is Leaving Cubans Struggling to Afford Food
American visits to Cuba went up 77 percent in 2015, and food prices have been ballooning drastically on account of the flood of foreign cash.
Venezuelans stage the biggest anti-government demonstration in years
The march was organized to pressure the country's electoral authorities to call a referendum on President Maduro's future before January 10, which would mean new elections if he lost.
Why Craft Brewers Are Still Stressed About Last Year's Pumpkin Shortage
The lingering effect of last year’s pumpkin deficit is being felt now as some brewers are reporting problems in sourcing pumpkin puree for their fall pumpkin beers.
Venezuela has a new 'forced labor' law that can require people to work in fields
President Nicolás Maduro has signed a decree that allows the labor ministry to order "all workers with enough physical capabilities and technical know-how" to join a government drive to increase food production in the context of severe shortages.
Thousands of Venezuelans take to the streets pushing for vote to oust president
The protests came after the country’s electoral authorities missed their own deadline for deciding whether to allow the opposition to move efforts to force a recall referendum on President Nicolás Maduro to the next stage.
Grocery shopping during Venezuela’s food shortages
Three Caracas residents show us what they've been able to find amidst Venezuela's ongoing food crisis.