Venezuela seizes Christmas toys to distribute to poor (hoarding & pricing issues)

[Bryan]

Venezuelan authorities have arrested two toy company executives and seized almost four million toys, which they say they will distribute to the poor.

Officials accused the company of hoarding toys and hiking prices in the run-up to Christmas.

Last week, the government issued an order to retailers to reduce prices on a range of goods by 30%.

Continued...
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-38274267

 

[juleswin]

I am very skeptical whenever BBC is reporting on any of American's enemies cos you know they would misrepresent whatever is going on to paint x country in a bad light. I remember when the Syrian govt seized humanitarian aid that had weapons in it and they reporting it as Syrian govt slowing aid to the starve hungry citizens. Yes, the story was sorta true but they left out a very relevant part of the story.

Also for a country that is having toilet paper shortage and empty grocery shelves, how is it that they were able to import 4 million toys into the country? I do not know what is going on but seeing as BBC is reporting it, I have a feeling that they are leaving out some important detail from the story.