Even The Dead Are Not Safe In Venezuela

(Associated Press) Even the dead arent safe in Maracaibo a sweltering suffering city in Venezuela. Thieves have broken into some of the vaults and coffins in El Cuadrado cemetery since late last year stealing ornaments and sometimes items from corpses as the country sinks to new depths of deprivation. Starting eight months ago they even took the gold teeth of the dead" said Jos Antonio Ferrer who is in charge of the cemetery where a prominent doctor a university director and other local luminaries are buried. Much of Venezuela is in a state of decay and abandonment brought on by shortages of things that people need the most: cash food water medicine power gasoline.