Maduro announces the inspection of more than 11,000 stores "against speculation"

The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, announced today an "immediate action" plan that will consist of the inspection of more than 11,000 shops to fight "against speculation" and "the monopoly "and control that the maximum prices set by the Government are respected.

Caracas, Nov 12 (EFE) .- Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announced today an "immediate action" plan that will consist of the inspection of more than 11,000 shops to fight "against the speculation "and" the hoarding "and control that the maximum prices set by the Government are respected.

" Today has started a very special day, civic-military of fight against the bachaquerismo, against the speculation, and we are going to go to 11,890 commercial establishments, we are going to comb the whole commercial geography of the country, all the country, has started the day today, at dawn, "said Maduro.

The head of the Bolivarian revolution cited the Police and the Armed Forces among the institutions that carry out this" Merry Christmas Plan against the Speculation ", to those who asked that" they take out the products for social sale, all the products that they are speculating ".

" We are going to comb 11.890 objectives, to put the magnifying glass, then, because there are people who ... a banana (banana) wants to put a price on Dollar Today. Imported, from New York (...) So, what are you going to put a price on today and tomorrow? the purchase and sale operations that are carried out in the Colombian locality bordering Venezuela of Cúcuta- the quotation of the dollar with respect to the bolívar in the market parallel to the official.

The Chavez government accuses this page of leading an "economic war" against Venezuela to shoot prices in the country.

One dollar is bought in the parallel market currently for more than 50,000 bolivars, 15 times more expensive than the price of the dollar that marks the official reference rate.

According to the executive vice president of the Government, Tareck the Aissami, in the inspection of which Maduro reported, has identified a company in Sucre state (west) that had "monopolized" since 2016 "millions of cans of sardines" and other preserves that were hidden so as not to be sold.

According to El Aissami, these cans will be distributed by the so-called Local Committees of Supply and Production (CLAP), which sells food to poor communities at prices subsidized by the State.

The vice president also reported the confiscation of "almost 11,000 tons" of wheat delivered by the Government that some "private producers" kept in the silos since 2016.

The Aissami and Maduro announced that next week will be published the new prices fixed by the Government after talks with the productive sectors of 50 basic products.

Maduro said that the plan seeks to defend "the right to social happiness" of the people, and is one more step to consolidate "the economic revolution" of the "socialism of the 21st century" that Chavismo has implemented in Venezuela.

Maduro made these statements in his Sunday program today, which He dedicated himself to praising the legacy of the Bolshevik Revolution on the first centenary of this.