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The Venezuelan government has started to fingerprint shoppers at some state-run supermarkets, in a plan to combat food scarcity which has been derided by some consumers weary of shortages.

委內瑞拉政府開始在部分國營超市要求顧客按捺指紋，藉此計畫來對抗食物匱乏，但卻遭到一些憂慮食物短缺的消費者嘲弄。

Shoppers have struggled for more than a year to find basic goods including powdered milk and cooking oil, as well as certain medicines and diapers. Currency controls implemented over a decade ago under the late President Hugo Chavez mean importers do not have the U.S. dollars required for imports.

顧客一年多來難以找到基本民生用品，包括奶粉與烹飪用油，以及某些藥品與尿布。在已逝總統雨果‧查維茲十多年前執行的貨幣管制下，造成進口商沒有美元支付商品進口。

Amid growing frustration, the government said last month it would install a biometric system to weed out smugglers and hoarders, whom President Nicolas Maduro blames for the shortages.

鑑於民怨日升，政府上個月表示將裝設生物辨識系統，掃蕩走私者與囤貨者，這些人被總統尼可拉斯‧馬杜羅認為是短缺的元凶。