https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuela-Achieves-96.7-Local-Food-Supply-President-Maduro-20240115-0010.html
<p>In 2023, the Bolivarian government achieved the slowdown in inflation, the stabilization of the exchange market, and the growth of the non-oil economy.</p>
Venezuelan friend of mine with family who recently managed to flee to the USA:
Yesterday Maduro was talking about it... Already since 4 years people are capable of normally buying food, but everything is imported. Food is not affordable at whatsoever and buying groceries is much more expensive than in richer countries like Germany or USA. With regards of seeing the comments [of this post], they are wrong. Food was already scarce even years before the sanctions.
Just checked and the sanctions started in 2017, while the [food] scarcity was already evident since 2011.