Just \r\nby setting foot in any of the state-run Abastos Bicentenario is enough to verify \r\nthe decline of what once was one of the main chains of supermarkets in \r\nVenezuela. For example, the branch in Terrazas del \u00c1vila, east of Caracas, has \r\npoor lighting, damaged refrigerators, endless rows displaying the same product, \r\nemployees wandering the aisles and empty shelves crowned with political \r\npropaganda. The picture is mirrored in other establishments of the capital that \r\nstill remain open.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n
It \r\nis a failure difficult to conceal, even, for the Government. \"Abastos \r\nBicentenario is rotten, so I say and order a complete and absolute \r\nrestructuring\", Nicol\u00e1s Maduro admitted in February 2016. In a rather late \r\neffort to rescue this food network, Maduro has just named Ram\u00f3n Campos Cabello, \r\ncaptain of the army and cousin to the runner-up<\/I> in the Chavismo, Diodado \r\nCabello, as president of the supermarket chain.<\/p>\n\n\r\n\n
The \r\nrecognition of the President of the Republic came weeks after intelligence \r\nagencies carried out a police operation that ended up in the arrest of \r\nexecutives and employees of the company.<\/p>\n\n
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