I have to drive for ~30 minutes to get to a grocery here. It makes everything more expensive, because I have to add the price of gas to my groceries. Living in the beautiful village I do is worth it to me. However, today I went grocery shopping and when I got home I realized I had not purchased butter. Gaaaaah! I'm not driving an hour just for butter. So now I cannot make banana bread and will not have delicious nutritious breakfast.

Still, that's better than shortages caused by living under sanctions, and being ruled by crooks that only make your plight worse. I have only me to blame for my forgetfulness, and that means I have no complaints. I have great sympathy for your circumstances, and I know I am not alone. Many of my fellow American well understand that decimating the economies of countries ruled by authoritarian regimes only worsens the plight of the people, and causes the grips of the rulers to tighten on every source of economic power so they can maintain their lavish lifestyles.

BTW, didn't that price for eggs read 1300B, not 2000B? I only pay $5 for 12 huevos from a local farmer, and they're very good eggs, jumbo size and deeply colored from eating grasshoppers in the fields. I didn't understand your pics comparing B to $ so I don't know what you have to pay, but it's sure more than the pensioners can afford!

Please keep reporting from the ground in Caracas so I can remain abreast of factual circumstances there. The media here are mere mouthpieces for power, and I do not believe a word they spout. I saw a claim that Venezuelans were gleefully assembling in the streets and celebrating the attack and kidnapping of your President. While I am sure most Venezuelans have no fewer complaints about their government than I do mine, I cannot imagine celebrating such troubles while you have to spend 4 hours in line to get a bag of groceries. That's the kind of news we get here. If that's what's really happening there, I'm sure you'd mention it. Since you don't, I am sure I'm just being gaslit as usual by the media.

Thanks!