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Venezuela plans to introduce supermarket fingerprinting

Posted on August 22, 2014July 1, 2025 by Dissent

BBC reports:

President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela has announced a mandatory fingerprinting system in supermarkets to combat food shortages and smuggling.

He said the system would stop people from buying too much of a single item.

But the opposition in Venezuela rejected the plan, saying the policy treated all Venezuelans as thieves.

Read more on BBC while I’m #smh.

Thanks to Joe Cadillic for the link.

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