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Rice with worms and flour with spider webs: Venezuelans continue years-long criticism of subsidized food

A UN official said Venezuela's CLAP boxes "undermine the human dignity of the recipients." (Credit: Pedro Rances Mattey/AFP)

Venezuelans continue their criticism about the quality of the food that the Nicolás Maduro government sells once a month at subsidized prices through the CLAP program, according to an article by Voz de América.

"Sometimes they are of very poor quality. The rice has worms (...) the flour sometimes comes with spider webs," Judit de Machado, who was at the front of the truck ready to exchange some of these subsidized foods for some tomatoes and a little onion, told the outlet.

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