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Empty shelves across Venezuela due to tumbling oil prices create a new industry
Country is in a recession triggered in part by a scarcity of hard currency
Shortages of goods has sparked a lucrative new profession of queuing
Krisbell Villarroel is one of many people who make a living by waiting in line to buy everything from milk and sugar to diapers and shampoo
She earns at least 13,200 bolivars a month (about $80) by reselling items to her customers
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Ms Villarroel insists she is not breaking the law.
'If this problem of the lines is resolved I would have to find another job in order to look after my daughters. I am raising them alone, and that is why I do it. There are many women like me,' she added.
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The government would say that she would be earning $2000 a month.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2912175/Empty-shelves-Venezuela-tumbling-oil-prices-create-new-industry-People-queuing-goods-probably-run-earn-professors.html#ixzz3P0ed6YJD
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