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General Category => 3DHS => Topic started by: Plane on August 03, 2014, 06:13:48 PM
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A genie appears from a lamp in the hands of an astonished Venezuelan boy to declare: "You can ask for anything - except toilet paper!"
The world's highest inflation and shortages of basics from milk to toilet roll are really no laughing matter for Venezuelans, but they find solace in a thriving comedy scene lampooning the governance behind the economic strife.
http://news.msn.com/world/venezuelans-find-solace-in-comedy-amid-economic-travails
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Cuba is out of salt.
An island, surrounded by a salty ocean and constant sunshine, and yet there is no more salt in stores.
In The Dominican Republic, Dominican salt in a plastic bottle costs a fifth as much as US made salt in the usual round paper box, and yet the latter is still on the shelves.