In Venezuela, Shoppers Go to Jail
The Tocorón prison offers all the products big cities don’t, all of it for sale in a bizarre black market behind bars.
by Mariana Zuñiga
Jan 20, 2017
2 minutes
Squeezed in between the mountains in north central Venezuela, not far from the Caribbean Sea, lies a green valley, rich with sugarcane. These fields used to produce a reliable cash crop for the villagers of Tocorón. Now, however, food is scarce, and some are forced to eat what they grow, even
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