Argentine tourists check their equipment before entering the water during a snorkeling class, in the archipelago of Los Roques May 29, 2015. Fears of being kidnapped or not finding toilet-paper are not much of an incentive for a holiday in Venezuela. Yet hardy travelers undeterred by the tales - real and exaggerated - of crime and shortages are finding the South American nation an absurdly cheap destination. That is thanks to exchange controls skewing the economy in favor of anyone with foreign cash, meaning you can hire a boat to a Caribbean island for $15 a day, or trek through Andean mountains or Amazon jungle for a week, with porters, at $125. Picture taken on May 29, 2015. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Argentine tourists adjust their masks before entering the water during a snorkeling class in the archipelago of Los Roques May 29, 2015. Fears of being kidnapped or not finding toilet-paper are not much of an incentive for a holiday in Venezuela. Yet hardy travelers undeterred by the tales - real and exaggerated - of crime and shortages are finding the South American nation an absurdly cheap destination. That is thanks to exchange controls skewing the economy in favor of anyone with foreign cash, meaning you can hire a boat to a Caribbean island for $15 a day, or trek through Andean mountains or Amazon jungle for a week, with porters, at $125. Picture taken on May 29, 2015. To match Feature VENEZUELA-ECONOMY/TOURISTS REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

Tourists take pictures on a sandbar in the shallow sea, at the archipelago of Los Roques May 29, 2015. Fears of being kidnapped or not finding toilet-paper are not much of an incentive for a holiday in Venezuela. Yet hardy travelers undeterred by the tales - real and exaggerated - of crime and shortages are finding the South American nation an absurdly cheap destination. That is thanks to exchange controls skewing the economy in favor of anyone with foreign cash, meaning you can hire a boat to a Caribbean island for $15 a day, or trek through Andean mountains or Amazon jungle for a week, with porters, at $125. Picture taken on May 29, 2015. To match Feature VENEZUELA-ECONOMY/TOURISTS REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

Sailboats are seen at an island at the archipelago of Los Roques May 29, 2015. Fears of being kidnapped or not finding toilet-paper are not much of an incentive for a holiday in Venezuela. Yet hardy travelers undeterred by the tales - real and exaggerated - of crime and shortages are finding the South American nation an absurdly cheap destination. That is thanks to exchange controls skewing the economy in favor of anyone with foreign cash, meaning you can hire a boat to a Caribbean island for $15 a day, or trek through Andean mountains or Amazon jungle for a week, with porters, at $125. Picture taken on May 29, 2015. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

People wait in line as they buy toilet paper in a super market in Caracas May 17, 2013. Supplies of food and other basic products have been patchy in recent months, with long queues forming at supermarkets and rushes occurring when there is news of a new stock arrival. The situation has spawned jokes among Venezuelans, particularly over the lack of toilet paper. The government announced this week it was importing 50 million rolls to compensate for "over-demand due to nervous buying". REUTERS/Jorge Silva (VENEZUELA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS SOCIETY) 

A woman walks past an empty section where toilet paper should be on display in a super market in Caracas May 17, 2013. Supplies of food and other basic products have been patchy in recent months, with long queues forming at supermarkets and rushes occurring when there is news of a new stock arrival. The situation has spawned jokes among Venezuelans, particularly over the lack of toilet paper. The government announced this week it was importing 50 million rolls to compensate for "over-demand due to nervous buying". REUTERS/Jorge Silva (VENEZUELA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS SOCIETY) 

A roll of toilet paper is seen at a Venezuelan camp on the banks of the Rio Bravo river in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico November 21, 2022. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez 

A toilet paper roll is pictured next to 2,600,000 bolivars, its price and the equivalent of 0.40 USD, at a mini-market in Caracas, Venezuela August 16, 2018. It was the going price at an informal market in the low-income neighbourhood of Catia. Picture taken August 16, 2018. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

A toilet paper roll is pictured next to 2,600,000 bolivars, its price and the equivalent of 0.40 USD, at a mini-market in Caracas, Venezuela August 16, 2018. It was the going price at an informal market in the low-income neighborhood of Catia. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins SEARCH "GARCIA ECONOMY" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A man walks past a graffiti depicting Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro holding a constitution book, during a rally against President Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela June 17, 2017. The graffiti reads: "This is the new Bolivarian toilet paper." REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

Venezuelan nationals from the city of Tucupita carry toilet paper and other goods that are scarce at home as they walk to board a private ferry back to their country, in the port of Cedros, southwestern Trinidad, June 1, 2016. Picture taken June 1, 2016. REUTERS/Andrea De Silva 

A man push a trolley with toilet paper and other goods as he walks towards the Colombian-Venezuelan border after shopping in Cucuta, Colombia, July 17, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Eduardo Ramirez 

A young woman carries toilet paper as she crosses the Colombian-Venezuelan border over the Simon Bolivar international bridge after shopping while a Colombian police officer looks on in Cucuta, Colombia, July 16, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Eduardo Ramirez 

A Venezuelan child carries a pack of toilet paper next to a woman as they cross the Colombian-Venezuelan border over the Simon Bolivar international bridge, after shopping and taking advantage of the temporary border opening in San Antonio del Tachira, Venezuela, July 10, 2016 REUTERS/Carlos Eduardo Ramirez 

People grab packets of toilet paper at a supermarket in Caracas, Venezuela June 9, 2016. REUTERS/Marco Bello 

People line up to try to buy toilet paper outside a supermarket in Caracas, Venezuela June 9, 2016. REUTERS/Marco Bello 

A woman holding Venezuelan bolivar notes carries a pack of toilet paper at a store in Puerto Santander, Colombia, June 3, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins SEARCH "SMUGGLING VENEZUELA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A boy gives a packet of toilet paper, that is made in Colombia, to a customer at a stall that sells staple items and food at a market in La Fria, Venezuela, June 2, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins SEARCH "SMUGGLING VENEZUELA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A boy gives a packet of toilet paper, that is made in Colombia, to a customer at a stall that sells staple items and food at a market in La Fria, Venezuela, June 2, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins SEARCH "SMUGGLING VENEZUELA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES 

A woman carrying a child, queues next to others to try to buy toilet paper and diapers outside a pharmacy in Caracas May 16, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

People line up to try to buy toilet paper and diapers outside a pharmacy in Caracas May 16, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

A girl stands next to her mother while they queue next to others to try to buy toilet paper and diapers outside a pharmacy in Caracas May 16, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

A woman carrying a baby lines up next to others, to try to buy toilet paper and diapers outside a pharmacy in Caracas May 16, 2016. Picture taken May 16, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

People line up to try to buy toilet paper and diapers outside a pharmacy in Caracas May 16, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

People shout while they queue to try to buy toilet paper and diapers outside a pharmacy in Caracas May 16, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

People line up to try to buy toilet paper and dippers outside a pharmacy in Caracas May 16, 2016. Picture taken May 16, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

People line up to try to buy toilet paper and diapers outside a pharmacy in Caracas May 16, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

A woman carries bags with toilet paper rolls as people queue to buy staple items at a Makro supermarket in Caracas August 4, 2015. Venezuelan supermarkets are increasingly being targeted by looters, as swollen lines and prolonged food shortages spark frustration in the OPEC nation struggling with an economic crisis. Shoppers routinely spend hours in lines to buy consumer staples ranging from corn flour to laundry soap, turning lines into venues for shoving matches and now more frequent attempts to plunder shops. Picture taken on August 4, 2015. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

People queue to buy toilet paper, detergent and rice, next to empty shelves inside a Makro supermarket in Caracas August 4, 2015. Venezuelan supermarkets are increasingly being targeted by looters, as swollen lines and prolonged food shortages spark frustration in the OPEC nation struggling with an economic crisis. Shoppers routinely spend hours in lines to buy consumer staples ranging from corn flour to laundry soap, turning lines into venues for shoving matches and now more frequent attempts to plunder shops. Picture taken on August 4, 2015. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

People are pictured past empty refrigerators as they queue to buy toilet paper, detergent and rice inside a Makro supermarket in Caracas August 4, 2015. Venezuelan supermarkets are increasingly being targeted by looters, as swollen lines and prolonged food shortages spark frustration in the OPEC nation struggling with an economic crisis. Shoppers routinely spend hours in lines to buy consumer staples ranging from corn flour to laundry soap, turning lines into venues for shoving matches and now more frequent attempts to plunder shops. Picture taken on August 4, 2015. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

Boat drivers carry a cooler to put it in a boat at the Gran Roque island, in the archipelago of Los Roques May 29, 2015. Fears of being kidnapped or not finding toilet-paper are not much of an incentive for a holiday in Venezuela. Yet hardy travelers undeterred by the tales - real and exaggerated - of crime and shortages are finding the South American nation an absurdly cheap destination. That is thanks to exchange controls skewing the economy in favor of anyone with foreign cash, meaning you can hire a boat to a Caribbean island for $15 a day, or trek through Andean mountains or Amazon jungle for a week, with porters, at $125. Picture taken on May 29, 2015. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

A tourist sits in the water on a sandbar in the shallow sea, at the archipelago of Los Roques May 29, 2015. Fears of being kidnapped or not finding toilet-paper are not much of an incentive for a holiday in Venezuela. Yet hardy travelers undeterred by the tales - real and exaggerated - of crime and shortages are finding the South American nation an absurdly cheap destination. That is thanks to exchange controls skewing the economy in favor of anyone with foreign cash, meaning you can hire a boat to a Caribbean island for $15 a day, or trek through Andean mountains or Amazon jungle for a week, with porters, at $125. Picture taken on May 29, 2015. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

Tourists walk on a sandbar in the shallow sea, at the archipelago of Los Roques May 29, 2015. Fears of being kidnapped or not finding toilet-paper are not much of an incentive for a holiday in Venezuela. Yet hardy travelers undeterred by the tales - real and exaggerated - of crime and shortages are finding the South American nation an absurdly cheap destination. That is thanks to exchange controls skewing the economy in favor of anyone with foreign cash, meaning you can hire a boat to a Caribbean island for $15 a day, or trek through Andean mountains or Amazon jungle for a week, with porters, at $125. Picture taken on May 29, 2015. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

An Argentine tourist puts on his fins during a snorkeling class, in the archipelago of Los Roques May 29, 2015. Fears of being kidnapped or not finding toilet-paper are not much of an incentive for a holiday in Venezuela. Yet hardy travelers undeterred by the tales - real and exaggerated - of crime and shortages are finding the South American nation an absurdly cheap destination. That is thanks to exchange controls skewing the economy in favor of anyone with foreign cash, meaning you can hire a boat to a Caribbean island for $15 a day, or trek through Andean mountains or Amazon jungle for a week, with porters, at $125. Picture taken on May 29, 2015. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

Argentine Juan Suso (C, wearing a hat) walks to get off the plane with other tourists, as they arrive to the Gran Roque island, in the archipelago of Los Roques May 29, 2015. Fears of being kidnapped or not finding toilet-paper are not much of an incentive for a holiday in Venezuela. Yet hardy travelers undeterred by the tales - real and exaggerated - of crime and shortages are finding the South American nation an absurdly cheap destination. That is thanks to exchange controls skewing the economy in favor of anyone with foreign cash, meaning you can hire a boat to a Caribbean island for $15 a day, or trek through Andean mountains or Amazon jungle for a week, with porters, at $125. Picture taken on May 29, 2015. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

Argentine tourists enter to the water during a snorkeling class, in the archipelago of Los Roques May 29, 2015. Fears of being kidnapped or not finding toilet-paper are not much of an incentive for a holiday in Venezuela. Yet hardy travelers undeterred by the tales - real and exaggerated - of crime and shortages are finding the South American nation an absurdly cheap destination. That is thanks to exchange controls skewing the economy in favor of anyone with foreign cash, meaning you can hire a boat to a Caribbean island for $15 a day, or trek through Andean mountains or Amazon jungle for a week, with porters, at $125. Picture taken on May 29, 2015. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

Tourists walk at a beach in the archipelago of Los Roques May 29, 2015. Fears of being kidnapped or not finding toilet-paper are not much of an incentive for a holiday in Venezuela. Yet hardy travelers undeterred by the tales - real and exaggerated - of crime and shortages are finding the South American nation an absurdly cheap destination. That is thanks to exchange controls skewing the economy in favor of anyone with foreign cash, meaning you can hire a boat to a Caribbean island for $15 a day, or trek through Andean mountains or Amazon jungle for a week, with porters, at $125. Picture taken on May 29, 2015. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

Brazilian tourists take pictures on a boat in the archipelago of Los Roques May 29, 2015. Fears of being kidnapped or not finding toilet-paper are not much of an incentive for a holiday in Venezuela. Yet hardy travelers undeterred by the tales - real and exaggerated - of crime and shortages are finding the South American nation an absurdly cheap destination. That is thanks to exchange controls skewing the economy in favor of anyone with foreign cash, meaning you can hire a boat to a Caribbean island for $15 a day, or trek through Andean mountains or Amazon jungle for a week, with porters, at $125. Picture taken on May 29, 2015. To match Feature VENEZUELA-ECONOMY/TOURISTS REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

An Argentine tourist poses for a picture with his mask and snorkel before entering the water during a snorkeling class, in the archipelago of Los Roques May 29, 2015. Fears of being kidnapped or not finding toilet-paper are not much of an incentive for a holiday in Venezuela. Yet hardy travelers undeterred by the tales - real and exaggerated - of crime and shortages are finding the South American nation an absurdly cheap destination. That is thanks to exchange controls skewing the economy in favor of anyone with foreign cash, meaning you can hire a boat to a Caribbean island for $15 a day, or trek through Andean mountains or Amazon jungle for a week, with porters, at $125. Picture taken on May 29, 2015. To match Feature VENEZUELA-ECONOMY/TOURISTS REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

A general view of the archipelago of Los Roques May 29, 2015. Fears of being kidnapped or not finding toilet-paper are not much of an incentive for a holiday in Venezuela. Yet hardy travelers undeterred by the tales - real and exaggerated - of crime and shortages are finding the South American nation an absurdly cheap destination. That is thanks to exchange controls skewing the economy in favor of anyone with foreign cash, meaning you can hire a boat to a Caribbean island for $15 a day, or trek through Andean mountains or Amazon jungle for a week, with porters, at $125. Picture taken on May 29, 2015. To match Feature VENEZUELA-ECONOMY/TOURISTS REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

A general view of the archipelago of Los Roques May 29, 2015. Fears of being kidnapped or not finding toilet-paper are not much of an incentive for a holiday in Venezuela. Yet hardy travelers undeterred by the tales - real and exaggerated - of crime and shortages are finding the South American nation an absurdly cheap destination. That is thanks to exchange controls skewing the economy in favor of anyone with foreign cash, meaning you can hire a boat to a Caribbean island for $15 a day, or trek through Andean mountains or Amazon jungle for a week, with porters, at $125. Picture taken on May 29, 2015. To match Feature VENEZUELA-ECONOMY/TOURISTS REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

Tourists walk on the street at the Gran Roque island, in the archipelago of Los Roques May 29, 2015. Fears of being kidnapped or not finding toilet-paper are not much of an incentive for a holiday in Venezuela. Yet hardy travelers undeterred by the tales - real and exaggerated - of crime and shortages are finding the South American nation an absurdly cheap destination. That is thanks to exchange controls skewing the economy in favor of anyone with foreign cash, meaning you can hire a boat to a Caribbean island for $15 a day, or trek through Andean mountains or Amazon jungle for a week, with porters, at $125. Picture taken on May 29, 2015. To match Feature VENEZUELA-ECONOMY/TOURISTS REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

Tourists walk on a sandbar in the shallow sea, at the archipelago of Los Roques May 29, 2015. Fears of being kidnapped or not finding toilet-paper are not much of an incentive for a holiday in Venezuela. Yet hardy travelers undeterred by the tales - real and exaggerated - of crime and shortages are finding the South American nation an absurdly cheap destination. That is thanks to exchange controls skewing the economy in favor of anyone with foreign cash, meaning you can hire a boat to a Caribbean island for $15 a day, or trek through Andean mountains or Amazon jungle for a week, with porters, at $125. Picture taken on May 29, 2015. To match Feature VENEZUELA-ECONOMY/TOURISTS REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

Brazilian tourists rest under a umbrella at a beach in the archipelago of Los Roques May 29, 2015. Fears of being kidnapped or not finding toilet-paper are not much of an incentive for a holiday in Venezuela. Yet hardy travelers undeterred by the tales - real and exaggerated - of crime and shortages are finding the South American nation an absurdly cheap destination. That is thanks to exchange controls skewing the economy in favor of anyone with foreign cash, meaning you can hire a boat to a Caribbean island for $15 a day, or trek through Andean mountains or Amazon jungle for a week, with porters, at $125. Picture taken on May 29, 2015. To match Feature VENEZUELA-ECONOMY/TOURISTS REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

Argentine Juan Suso (R), 31, and his wife pose for a picture on a sandbar in the shallow sea at the archipelago of Los Roques May 29, 2015. Fears of being kidnapped or not finding toilet-paper are not much of an incentive for a holiday in Venezuela. Yet hardy travelers undeterred by the tales - real and exaggerated - of crime and shortages are finding the South American nation an absurdly cheap destination. That is thanks to exchange controls skewing the economy in favor of anyone with foreign cash, meaning you can hire a boat to a Caribbean island for $15 a day, or trek through Andean mountains or Amazon jungle for a week, with porters, at $125. Picture taken on May 29, 2015. To match Feature VENEZUELA-ECONOMY/TOURISTS REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

British tourist Matthew Napier (L), 35, and Aiskel Rendon, a 31-year-old Venezuelan, pose for a picture at a beach in the archipelago of Los Roques May 29, 2015. Fears of being kidnapped or not finding toilet-paper are not much of an incentive for a holiday in Venezuela. Yet hardy travelers undeterred by the tales - real and exaggerated - of crime and shortages are finding the South American nation an absurdly cheap destination. That is thanks to exchange controls skewing the economy in favor of anyone with foreign cash, meaning you can hire a boat to a Caribbean island for $15 a day, or trek through Andean mountains or Amazon jungle for a week, with porters, at $125. Picture taken on May 29, 2015. To match Feature VENEZUELA-ECONOMY/TOURISTS REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

A boat navigates close to islands in the archipelago of Los Roques May 29, 2015. Fears of being kidnapped or not finding toilet-paper are not much of an incentive for a holiday in Venezuela. Yet hardy travelers undeterred by the tales - real and exaggerated - of crime and shortages are finding the South American nation an absurdly cheap destination. That is thanks to exchange controls skewing the economy in favor of anyone with foreign cash, meaning you can hire a boat to a Caribbean island for $15 a day, or trek through Andean mountains or Amazon jungle for a week, with porters, at $125. Picture taken on May 29, 2015. To match Feature VENEZUELA-ECONOMY/TOURISTS REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

Tourists register themselves at a tourist office, as they arrive to the Gran Roque island, in the archipelago of Los Roques May 29, 2015. Fears of being kidnapped or not finding toilet-paper are not much of an incentive for a holiday in Venezuela. Yet hardy travelers undeterred by the tales - real and exaggerated - of crime and shortages are finding the South American nation an absurdly cheap destination. That is thanks to exchange controls skewing the economy in favor of anyone with foreign cash, meaning you can hire a boat to a Caribbean island for $15 a day, or trek through Andean mountains or Amazon jungle for a week, with porters, at $125. Picture taken on May 29, 2015. To match Feature VENEZUELA-ECONOMY/TOURISTS REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

Tourists chat and take pictures on a beach in the archipelago of Los Roques May 29, 2015. Fears of being kidnapped or not finding toilet-paper are not much of an incentive for a holiday in Venezuela. Yet hardy travelers undeterred by the tales - real and exaggerated - of crime and shortages are finding the South American nation an absurdly cheap destination. That is thanks to exchange controls skewing the economy in favor of anyone with foreign cash, meaning you can hire a boat to a Caribbean island for $15 a day, or trek through Andean mountains or Amazon jungle for a week, with porters, at $125. Picture taken on May 29, 2015. To match Feature VENEZUELA-ECONOMY/TOURISTS REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

An Argentine tourist checks her equipment before entering the water during a snorkeling class, in the archipelago of Los Roques May 29, 2015. Fears of being kidnapped or not finding toilet-paper are not much of an incentive for a holiday in Venezuela. Yet hardy travelers undeterred by the tales - real and exaggerated - of crime and shortages are finding the South American nation an absurdly cheap destination. That is thanks to exchange controls skewing the economy in favor of anyone with foreign cash, meaning you can hire a boat to a Caribbean island for $15 a day, or trek through Andean mountains or Amazon jungle for a week, with porters, at $125. Picture taken on May 29, 2015. To match Feature VENEZUELA-ECONOMY/TOURISTS REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins 

People line up to buy toilet paper and baby diapers at a supermarket in downtown Caracas January 19, 2015. There's a booming new profession in Venezuela: standing in line. The job usually involves starting before dawn, enduring long hours under the Caribbean sun, dodging or bribing police, and then selling a coveted spot at the front of huge shopping lines. As Venezuela's ailing economy spawns unprecedented shortages of basic goods, panic-buying and a rush to snap up subsidized food, demand is high and the pay is reasonable. Picture taken January 19, 2015. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (VENEZUELA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS SOCIETY) 

A woman leaves a supermarket after buying toilet paper and baby diapers at a supermarket in downtown Caracas January 19, 2015. There's a booming new profession in Venezuela: standing in line. The job usually involves starting before dawn, enduring long hours under the Caribbean sun, dodging or bribing police, and then selling a coveted spot at the front of huge shopping lines. As Venezuela's ailing economy spawns unprecedented shortages of basic goods, panic-buying and a rush to snap up subsidized food, demand is high and the pay is reasonable. Picture taken January 19, 2015. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (VENEZUELA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS SOCIETY) 

People line up to buy toilet paper at a supermarket in downtown Caracas January 19, 2015. There's a booming new profession in Venezuela: standing in line. The job usually involves starting before dawn, enduring long hours under the Caribbean sun, dodging or bribing police, and then selling a coveted spot at the front of huge shopping lines. As Venezuela's ailing economy spawns unprecedented shortages of basic goods, panic-buying and a rush to snap up subsidized food, demand is high and the pay is reasonable. Picture taken January 19, 2015. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (VENEZUELA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS SOCIETY) 

People line up to buy toilet paper and baby diapers at a supermarket in downtown Caracas January 19, 2015. There's a booming new profession in Venezuela: standing in line. The job usually involves starting before dawn, enduring long hours under the Caribbean sun, dodging or bribing police, and then selling a coveted spot at the front of huge shopping lines. As Venezuela's ailing economy spawns unprecedented shortages of basic goods, panic-buying and a rush to snap up subsidized food, demand is high and the pay is reasonable. Picture taken January 19, 2015. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (VENEZUELA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS SOCIETY) 

People line up to buy toilet paper and baby diapers as national guards control the access at a supermarket in downtown Caracas January 19, 2015. There's a booming new profession in Venezuela: standing in line. The job usually involves starting before dawn, enduring long hours under the Caribbean sun, dodging or bribing police, and then selling a coveted spot at the front of huge shopping lines. As Venezuela's ailing economy spawns unprecedented shortages of basic goods, panic-buying and a rush to snap up subsidized food, demand is high and the pay is reasonable. Picture taken January 19, 2015. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (VENEZUELA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS SOCIETY) 

People line up to buy toilet paper at a supermarket in downtown Caracas January 19, 2015. There's a booming new profession in Venezuela: standing in line. The job usually involves starting before dawn, enduring long hours under the Caribbean sun, dodging or bribing police, and then selling a coveted spot at the front of huge shopping lines. As Venezuela's ailing economy spawns unprecedented shortages of basic goods, panic-buying and a rush to snap up subsidized food, demand is high and the pay is reasonable. Picture taken January 19, 2015. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (VENEZUELA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS SOCIETY) 

People line up to buy toilet paper at a supermarket in downtown Caracas January 19, 2015. There's a booming new profession in Venezuela: standing in line. The job usually involves starting before dawn, enduring long hours under the Caribbean sun, dodging or bribing police, and then selling a coveted spot at the front of huge shopping lines. As Venezuela's ailing economy spawns unprecedented shortages of basic goods, panic-buying and a rush to snap up subsidized food, demand is high and the pay is reasonable. Picture taken January 19, 2015. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (VENEZUELA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS SOCIETY) 

People line up to buy toilet paper and baby diapers at a supermarket in downtown Caracas January 19, 2015. There's a booming new profession in Venezuela: standing in line. The job usually involves starting before dawn, enduring long hours under the Caribbean sun, dodging or bribing police, and then selling a coveted spot at the front of huge shopping lines. As Venezuela's ailing economy spawns unprecedented shortages of basic goods, panic-buying and a rush to snap up subsidized food, demand is high and the pay is reasonable. Picture taken January 19, 2015. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (VENEZUELA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS SOCIETY) 

Venezuela's Vice President of Security and Food Sovereignty Carlos Osorio attends a ceremony with President Nicolas Maduro at Miraflores Palace in Caracas January 17, 2015. The socialist government of Venezuela launched during the weekend a 30-second spot on state television which invokes Venezuelans to curb nervous "shopping", accusing them of inciting shortages of basic goods in the country. Since early this year, thousands of Venezuelans have crowded outside supermarkets in long queues in search of scarce products such as toilet paper and milk. Picture taken January 17, 2015. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (VENEZUELA - Tags: POLITICS)