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Socialist Venezuela rewards soldiers with toilet paper.

Reason Staff | From the November 2017 issue


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As the streets fill with gunfire and tear gas, shortages of basic supplies continue to plague Nicolas Maduro's socialist Venezuela. In July, opposition leader Miranda Gov. Henrique Capriles tweeted a series of photos of soldiers being rewarded for their service with the most coveted rarity of all: toilet paper.

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