Venezuelans have experienced a blackout for several days, some homes have no water supply and international media reports of a food crisis amid empty supermarket shelves.

But this state-owned supermarket in Caracas shows one product for which there is certainly no shortage: tomato ketchup.

Bizarre video filmed by Argentinian journalist Joaquin Sanchez, who has been reporting on the crisis in Venezuela, shows Heinz ketchup bottles lined up row after row at Abastos Bicentenario supermarket in Caracas.

The ketchup bottles have been spaced out so that it appears that the shelves are full of products.

"They are trying to fill in the empty shelves so it seems there is no food shortage,'' Sanchez writes.

''There were very few products for sale and the prices were very high,'' he added.

Some meat can be seen for sale in the video.

The clip was captured on February 16.

Español:
Recorrí un supermercado del Estado en Caracas. El mercado se llama Abastos Bicentenario. Antiguamente era un mercado privado de una cadena llamada Éxito, pero el gobierno de Chávez lo expropió para armar una cadena estatal. Entré con un celular el 16 de febrero de 2019 y vi que había muy pocos productos en venta, los alimentos básicos no estaban, y los precios eran altísimos. Las imágenes representan la situación de extrañeza y desabastecimiento que se vive en Venezuela estos días.

Inglés:
I visited a state supermarket in Caracas. The market is called Abastos Bicentenario. Formerly it was a private market of a chain called Éxito, but the Chávez government expropriated it to build a state chain. I entered with a cell phone on February 16, 2019 and saw that there were very few products for sale, basic foods were not available, and the prices were very high. The images represent the situation of strangeness and shortages in Venezuela these days