“Mrs. Kirchner’s cabinet reiterated threats to fine or shut down businesses that raise prices. In Venezuela, soldiers forced retailers to sell electronics goods at bargain-basement prices; one general guaranteed plasma televisions to all Venezuelans on national TV. A new agency Mr. Maduro created, the National Superintendence for the Defense of Socio-economic Rights, began deploying 480 inspectors this week to check prices and level sanctions against those who set them too high. The agency aims to enforce a new law that can lead to a 14-year prison term for those convicted of hoarding products or waging ‘economic warfare’ against the government.”
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