Arepera Socialista: Difference between revisions
NoonIcarus (talk | contribs) |
Funandtrvl (talk | contribs) removed Category:Restaurant chains; added Category:Restaurant chains in Venezuela using HotCat |
||
| (5 intermediate revisions by 5 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Short description|Venezuelan fast food restaurant chain}} |
{{Short description|Venezuelan fast food restaurant chain}} |
||
{{Orphan|date=June 2016}} |
|||
'''Arepera Socialista''' is a [[chain restaurant|chain]] of [[fast food]] restaurants operated by the [[government of Venezuela]], featuring [[arepa]]s (a thick, moist cousin of [[tortilla]]s, filled with meat, cheese, or other ingredients).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fromson |first1=Daniel |title=Hugo Chavez's 'Excellent and Cheap' Socialist Restaurant |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2010/12/hugo-chavezs-excellent-and-cheap-socialist-restaurant/67931/ |work=The Atlantic |date=13 December 2010 |language=en}}</ref> |
'''Arepera Socialista''' is a [[chain restaurant|chain]] of [[fast food]] restaurants operated by the [[government of Venezuela]], featuring [[arepa]]s (a thick, moist cousin of [[tortilla]]s, filled with meat, cheese, or other ingredients).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fromson |first1=Daniel |title=Hugo Chavez's 'Excellent and Cheap' Socialist Restaurant |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2010/12/hugo-chavezs-excellent-and-cheap-socialist-restaurant/67931/ |work=The Atlantic |date=13 December 2010 |language=en}}</ref> |
||
| Line 8: | Line 6: | ||
In one of the secret [[diplomatic cable]]s released as part of the [[United States diplomatic cables leak]] in 2010, a United States embassy staff member described the enterprise as one of "Socialism's Tangible -- and Tasty -- Benefits".<ref name="cnn">{{cite news|publisher=CNN|url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/12/10/us.wikileaks.tortillas/index.html?hpt=C1|date=December 10, 2010|title=WikiLeaks: Socialist tortillas offer a taste of Venezuelan revolution|first=Tim|last=Lister}}</ref> |
In one of the secret [[diplomatic cable]]s released as part of the [[United States diplomatic cables leak]] in 2010, a United States embassy staff member described the enterprise as one of "Socialism's Tangible -- and Tasty -- Benefits".<ref name="cnn">{{cite news|publisher=CNN|url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/12/10/us.wikileaks.tortillas/index.html?hpt=C1|date=December 10, 2010|title=WikiLeaks: Socialist tortillas offer a taste of Venezuelan revolution|first=Tim|last=Lister}}</ref> |
||
As 2016 all stores close due to lack of raw material. |
As 2016 all stores close due to lack of raw material.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}} |
||
==References== |
==References== |
||
| Line 14: | Line 12: | ||
[[Category:Restaurants established in 2009]] |
[[Category:Restaurants established in 2009]] |
||
[[Category:Restaurant chains]] |
[[Category:Restaurant chains in Venezuela]] |
||
[[Category:Venezuelan cuisine]] |
[[Category:Venezuelan cuisine]] |
||
[[Category:Restaurants in Venezuela]] |
[[Category:Restaurants in Venezuela]] |
||
Latest revision as of 19:16, 31 December 2023
Arepera Socialista is a chain of fast food restaurants operated by the government of Venezuela, featuring arepas (a thick, moist cousin of tortillas, filled with meat, cheese, or other ingredients).[1]
The company was started in 2009 as a government response to the high cost of private restaurants in Caracas, Venezuela.[2] It sells arepas at 25% of the cost of private businesses, a discount the government says is made possible by the use of government-owned suppliers.[3] In 2010, six employees were arrested for stealing cash from the company.[citation needed]
In one of the secret diplomatic cables released as part of the United States diplomatic cables leak in 2010, a United States embassy staff member described the enterprise as one of "Socialism's Tangible -- and Tasty -- Benefits".[3]
As 2016 all stores close due to lack of raw material.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Fromson, Daniel (13 December 2010). "Hugo Chavez's 'Excellent and Cheap' Socialist Restaurant". The Atlantic.
- ^ "WikiLeaks: Socialist tortillas offer a taste of Venezuelan revolution". www.cnn.com.
- ^ a b Lister, Tim (December 10, 2010). "WikiLeaks: Socialist tortillas offer a taste of Venezuelan revolution". CNN.