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A BBC journalist, who attempted to film the crisis, was stopped and forced by soldiers to delete footage of a protest outside a supermarket as desperate Venezuelans waited for food. Baying crowds shouted “We want to buy stuff!” as they grouped outside the store in the country’s capital, Caracas. BBC journalist Vladimir Hernandez reports that many people approached him to say they had queued for 12 hours without being able to buy what they wanted.

BBC People face 12-hour queues for food as the Venezuelan food crisis continues

Maduro inherited Chavez’s socialist experiment but not the high oil prices Vladimir Hernandez

In the short clip, the crew are warned by a demonstrator that they have been spotted by members of the Venezuelan army. They are soon surrounded by soldiers as the crowd screams: “Let them film!” Soldiers can then be heard saying: “Delete that video right now in front of me,” as the journalists are moved away from the demonstrations. During his report on BBC Newsnight, the journalist said: “Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro faces an economic crisis unlike any Venezuela has seen before.

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“The socialist experiment his predecessor Hugo Chavez began 17 years ago is failing, triggering massive food shortages and inflation. “Maduro inherited Chavez’s socialist experiment but not the high oil prices that financed his public spending. “There’s some food on sale but most people can’t afford to buy it. Venezuela has the highest inflation in the world and it’s hitting the poor the hardest. “The government has made some staples like flour and rice available at pre-inflation prices but there is not enough to go round.”