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May 20, 2013 | 03:39 AM
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Venezuela Food Shortages

  FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2012, file photo, a worker weighs a bag of government subsidized food for a customer at a state-run market, one day before state elections for governors and legislators, in Caracas, Venezuela. Venezuela's government has launched on Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, a crackdown on businesses accused of causing shortages by hoarding food and selling products at inflated prices. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, file)

FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2012, file photo, a worker weighs a bag of government subsidized food for a customer at a state-run market, one day before state elections for governors and legislators, in Caracas, Venezuela. Venezuela's government has launched on Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, a crackdown on businesses accused of causing shortages by hoarding food and selling products at inflated prices. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, file)