Venezuela Faces Toilet Paper Crisis

Venezuela has been thrown into a state of crisis following a severe toilet paper shortage. 

Locals queue for toilet tissue [source]

The country, which is used to running short on necessities such as sugar, flour, and even medicine, is currently experiencing a severe toilet paper shortage, leaving locals lined up in supermarkets attempting to purchase the last available rolls. Locals such as Maria Rojas, aged 70, have said that they have never experienced shortages such as this.

Due to the panic spreading throughout Venezuela, many residents have been attempting to stock up on toilet tissue, leaving economic analysts saying that the demand for toilet paper in the country is becoming excessive. Despite this, the government has promised to import 50 million extra toilet rolls. 

While locals are seeing this shortage as an extreme inconvenience, political experts are speculating that this shortage could be part of a plan by the opposition to financially destabilise the government, now lead by President Nicolas Maduro, following the death of Hugo Chavez in March this year. 

Chavez altered the economic structure of Venezuela by making all goods affordable to the poorest parts of the society, which resulted in a lack of provisions from time to time. Citizens of Venezuela, however, care less about the politics of the lack of toilet paper, and more about the actual shortage.