 In the first two months of 2016, over 1,000 protests and dozens of looting incidents were recorded throughout Venezuela.Much of the looting occurred due to shortages in Venezuela with Venezuelans forced to stand in the sun for hours while waiting in line for scarce products.By September, Venezuela saw some of its largest protests in the country's history with over one million demonstrating on 1 September 2016 and 26 October 2016.