Venezuela might run out of beer by August

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Venezuelan breweries are running out of barley, malt, and other imported ingredients needed to make beer, Fusion reports.

Beer accounts for 70 percent of liquor sales there, a National Association of Liquor Store Owners spokeswoman said in a news release. The beer industry already reportedly owes about $200 million to international suppliers.

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Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.