A man was killed and dozens were arrested Friday as a mob looted a supermarket in an industrial Venezuelan city, Bolivar state authorities said. In announcing the looting, Gov. Francisco Rangel pushed back against opponents of Venezuela’s socialist government who attributed the unrest to widespread scarcities of basic goods across the oil-rich nation. He said more than two dozen people were arrested in connection with the looting in the southeastern city of Ciudad Guyana and added that there was no excuse for the behavior. “No one is starving,” he said. Rangel also suggested to the television station Globovision that the looting might have been driven by people with “political motives.” Tensions are running high in Venezuela as the country gears up for December legislative elections. Local newspaper Correo del Caroni said the dead person was a 21-year-old vendor had been shot in […]