Venezuela's new decree: Forced farm work for citizens

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Venezuela's new decree: Forced farm work for citizens

A new decree by Venezuela's government could make its citizens work on farms to tackle the country's severe food shortages.

That "effectively amounts to forced labor," according to Amnesty International, which derided the decree as "unlawful

It is a potent sign of tough conditions in Venezuela, which is grappling with the lack of basic food items like milk, eggs and bread. People wait hours in lines outsides supermarkets to buy groceries and often only see empty shelves.

Venezuela once had a robust agricultural sector. But under its socialist regime, which began with Hugo Chavez in 1999, the oil-rich country started importing more food and invested less in agriculture. Nearly all of Venezuela's revenue from exports comes from oil.

http://money.cnn.com/2016/07/29/news/economy/venezuela-decree-farm-labor/

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Next will come "food triage" where only those seen as worthy supporters of the regime will get food

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Doesn't North Korea do this as well?

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Something for Hillary and BLM to consider?

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I seem to recall Bernie was pretty adamant that Denmark has a great society, too. Where the tax rate is over 55%. That whole $15 minimum wage doesn't seem so great when you only actually take home $6.75 per hour. People who want "free" stuff don't seem to understand that someone, somewhere, must pay. Or else it all falls apart. Many examples of this in the world.

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https://zcomm.org/znetarticle/hunger-in-venezuela-a-look-beyond-the-spin/

From the article:

"Curcio also found a correlation between intensity of food shortages and politically important moments, such as the lead-up to elections. Could it be that the shortages are manufactured? Many food sovereignty activists see it as no coincidence that Polar, the countrys largest food company, responsible for many of the items missing from shelves, is owned by a well-known member of the political opposition to the government."

Edited July 30, 2016 by Póg mo