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There are many food shortages in Venezuela. Many Venezuelans cannot basic goods. This problem is worse because people too much of something when they it in the stores. It's a kind of panic buying. President Nicolas Maduro has a new system to people buying too much. Shoppers must soon start their fingerprints when they buy food at grocery stores and supermarkets. This is to sure that more people can buy an equal share of food and groceries. Mr Maduro has not said when the new system will start, but people close to him say it could January. It is also unclear how much food people can buy and what if they buy too much.

There are many reasons for Venezuela's food shortages. The government smugglers who buy cheap goods and take them to Colombia to them for up to four times their original price. Another reason that the government the price of food. Many food companies say the price is too low for them to a profit, so they do not as much as they could. A final reason is the strength of the US dollar against Venezuela's currency. This it is very expensive to import food from other countries. Critics say the fingerprinting away people's privacy and will not work. They say the whole economy to and that the government needs to have less control.