People have a cup of coffee at socialist Cafe Venezuela in downtown Caracas
People have a cup of coffee at socialist Cafe Venezuela in downtown Caracas November 24, 2010. Long a nation of coffee connoisseurs, Venezuelans now have yet another variety to choose from at cafes -- "socialist" or "capitalist" brews. A state-run coffee shop chain has sprung up giving customers parallel price-lists to show them the wrongs of the free market and benefits of a state-controlled economy. At one of the Cafe Venezuela shops on the corner of a historic square of central Caracas, the menu offers a large coffee at 2.5 bolivars ($0.58) on the "socialist price" list. The menu also has the "capitalist price" charged elsewhere -- 5 bolivars. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (VENEZUELA - Tags: POLITICS)