In the upscale districts in the east of the city, there are other small stores selling imported goods.
The bolivar has fallen in value to the dollar by more than 100% over the last year.
The government’s strategy is to allow supermarkets to import goods in a bid to win the support of the country’s poor by selling them subsidized food.
Venezuelans who can pay for imported goods head to stores such as Cine Citta, located in the middle-class Colinas de Bello Monte district in the southeast of the capital, Caracas.
But that will soon shrink, say observers, due to the falling value of the currency.
Fuente original: Venezuela’s economic crisis: Venezuela’s devaluing peso drives black market in essential goods | In English | EL PAÍS
