Venezuela’s Factories Grind to a Halt
- Mass resignations and lack of material paralyze factories
- Fear of looting has halted freight trucks across the country

Workers in Guatire and Guarenas are rarer and have little to do. Many aim to cross the border.
Photographer: Fabiola Ferrero/BloombergFactories outside Caracas closed for the holidays as early as October amid the near disappearance of supplies, skyrocketing inflation and a rising wave of violent looting.
Few reopened.