Venezuelan businesses object to haggling

Business leaders tired of taking the blame for Venezuela’s soaring inflation are chiding government officials for encouraging consumers to help fight rising food prices by haggling with retailers.

Representatives of Venezuela’s leading business chambers accused the administration of President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday of misleading consumers by suggesting that annual inflation in Caracas has climbed to 32.2 percent because shopkeepers are speculating with prices.”*

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