Venezuela's food prices skyrocket as people go hungry. by Patrick Gillespie and Osmary Hernandez @CNNMoney October 21, 2016: 9:21 AM ET . Venezuelans cross into Colombia to get food.

When Ramirez, 37, went to get a late night snack on Friday, he found nothing in the refrigerator. So Sunday, the couple donned their nicest clothes and hid fat wads of bills in their bags.

LA VICTORIA, VENEZUELA – I am surrounded by a sea of salt, and I’m not even at the beach. The supermarket in this city of 150,000 souls where I do most of my shopping has filled up nearly an ...

What makes Venezuela’s food crisis all the more grim is that experts agree it is a result of human decision-making. “It’s not due to droughts, or floods,” Deborah Hines, the World Food ...