The shortages of basic goods had begun.
It has high inflation and chronic shortages of basic goods.
This has come at the cost of stratospheric inflation and harrowing shortages of basic goods.
There are shortages of basic goods, from milk and flour to shampoo and disposable nappies.
Venezuela is grappling with unbridled inflation, chronic shortages of basic goods and sky-high crime rates.
Faced with shortages of basic goods, Nicolás Maduro, the president, agreed to make the exchange rate more flexible.
Polls predict Venezuela's struggling socialist government will lose the 6 December parliamentary election amid a scarring recession, spiralling inflation and shortages of basic goods including medicines and cornflour.
But there have also been shocking levels of corruption, shoddy construction, chronic shortages of basic goods, and neglect in the investment needed to maintain and increase oil production.
Importers have also not been able to pay their bills, raising concerns about shortages of basic goods on an island that imports almost everything it consumes.
At the same time, the country struggled with an out-of-balance economy, troubled by soaring prices and escalating shortages of basic goods.
These numbers fail to capture fully the deterioration in Venezuelans' welfare: price controls have prompted widespread shortages of basic goods (the latest hard-to-find item is coffins).
