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Race against time in blackout-hit Venezuela to save food stocks

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Race against time in blackout-hit Venezuela to save food stocksVicente Fernandez has not opened his freezer since the massive blackout began in Venezuela on Thursday. “I’m afraid it has all gone bad,” says Fernandez, a 54-year-old who sells telecoms equipment. Venezuelans, already feeling the pinch due to food and medicine shortages, are suffering even more now that the power has gone down.