VENEZUELA-RUM-ECONOMY

VENEZUELA-RUM-ECONOMY

A woman tastes rum during a visit to the Venezuelan Santa Teresa rum factory, in La Victoria, in the state of Aragua, on September 23, 2014. Venezuelan rum, marginalized by consumers for decades, is gaining ground on imported whiskey –a symbol of status and oil wastefulness but whose price has become unaffordable due to foreign exchange shortages and inflation. AFP PHOTO/FEDERICO PARRA