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.

Workers in Guatire and Guarenas are rarer and have little to do. Many aim to cross the border.

Photographer: Fabiola Ferrero/Bloomberg

Factories 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.