Venezuela to Loosen Price Controls to Help Curb Food Shortages/ Gobierno flexibilizará control de precios

Less than 40 percent of consumer demand is being met for at least 10 basic food items as Venezuelans struggle with shortages that have been partly blamed on price controls, Finance Minister Rodrigo Cabezas told The Associated Press. "The system of regulation cannot be a set of fixed prices without modification," Cabezas told the AP Tuesday. Some of the current fixed prices will be "made more flexible," he said. ( full information)/ El gobierno desarrollará un "plan extraordinario" de abastecimiento y flexibilizará los controles de precios para frenar la inflación y solventar la escasez de algunos alimentos en los supermercados y abastos, que ya supera el 60%, declaró el ministro de Finanzas, Rodrigo Cabezas. Después de casi cinco años de controles de precios el gobierno del presidente Hugo Chávez se dispone a realizar una "flexibilización de las regulaciones", reiteró Cabezas.( información completa)