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.

Oil-exporting Venezuela became dependent on food imports, but when the price of oil collapsed in 2014, the government no longer could afford all the country needed. RELATED: ...

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 ...