Caribbean Times 68th Issue - Wednesday 4th January 2016

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Wednesday 4th January 2017
Guyanese man shot dead in New York
while visiting US for grandmother’s funeral
NEW YORK, United States – A
Guyanese man has been listed as New
York’s first homicide victim for the New
Year.
Ricky Kalisaran, 31, who travelled
the United States city to attend his
grandmother’s funeral, lost his life at
the hands of an armed thief, plunging
his already grieving family into despair.
At the same time, the Kalisarans
have been left to desperately pray for
the recovery of Ricky’s brother, Sunny,
who was also shot in the back during the
incident.
According to the Daily News New
York publication, the gunman shot the
two brothers late Sunday night after
leaving a nightclub, The Underground
CARACAS, Venezuela –
The Venezuelan military is
capitalizing on the misery of
the people by running illegal
markets that sell food at 100
times the government regulated
price while much of
the South American country
is going hungry, the Associated
Press (AP) has reported.
“Lately, food is a better
business than drugs,” retired
Venezuelan General
Cliver Alcala told the AP.
“The military is in charge of
food management now, and
they’re not going to just take
that on without getting their
cut.”
Breitbart News also reports
that some military
Ricky Kalisaran was fatally shot by a robber.
Lounge. The men were reportedly walking
towards their car when the robber
approached and demanded their valuables
at gunpoint.
Sources told the newspaper the
brothers refused and struggled for the
gun. They were shot by the robber who
officials in charge of food
distribution are becoming
millionaires, with their riches
measured in American
dollars, at the expense of
starving Venezuelans.
While President Nicolas
Maduro has appointed military
officials as food distributors
and appears to be
aware of the food smuggling
problem, his followers support
his claim that the real
culprits behind the food crisis
are right-wing businessmen
trying to bring down
the already ruined socialist
economy.
The AP nevertheless
found that food trafficking
has grown into a rampant
and lucrative business in
the hunger-ravaged socialist
country with military personnel
ranging from generals
to foot soldiers at the
heart of the graft.
“When hunger drew tens
of thousands of Venezuelans
to the streets in protest last
fled the scene in a car.
Emergency personnel called to the
scene rushed the injured men to the Jamaica
Hospital, but it was too late for
Ricky who died of a chest wound.
His brother remains hospitalized in
serious but stable condition.
Grief stricken mother, Anita Kalisaran,
was still in shock as she related the
sad tale to the Daily News.
“They killed my son for a gold chain.
They shot and killed him. He come here
for the funeral and [he’s] dead now,” she
said.
She said her son was a humble, loving
and hardworking man, and his aunt,
Lena George, described him as a quiet,
polite person. (Caribbean360)
Military trafficking subsidised food
as Venezuelans go hungry – Report
summer, President Nicolas
Maduro turned to the military
to manage the country’s
diminished food supply,
putting generals in charge
of everything from butter to
rice,” the news agency recont’d
on pg 9