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By News Bulletin. Translation & commentary by Axis of Logic La Iguana TV. Axis of Logic Monday, Oct 21, 2013 Editor’s Comment: The corporate media in the United States and Europe are fond of reporting “shortages” of essential goods available to the public in Venezuela. It seems that one of their favorite items for such reporting … Continue reading
Oct 17th 2013, by Ryan Mallett-Outtrim Urban agriculture in Merida (Tamara Pearson/Venezuelanalysis) Mérida, 16th October 2013 (Venezuelanalysis.com) – Three hundred and twenty Venezuelan technicians trained with support from the United Nations World Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) are being put to work to improve domestic agricultural productivity, President Nicolas Maduro announced yesterday. Speaking to state broadcaster … Continue reading
Oct 5th 2013, by Ryan Mallett-Outtrim – Venezuelanalysis.com Food products seized from alleged hoarders by the National Guard in June (VTV) With all the media hype about Venezuela’s food shortages this year, I decided to collate a few frequently asked questions about the food situation here, and set out to answer them. The New York … Continue reading
Oct 1st 2013, by Tamara Pearson Merida, 1st October 2013 (Venezuelanalysis.com) – As part of the government’s Efficiency or Nothing mission and a “need to centralise food planning in order to guarantee food sovereignty”, it has set up two commissions to restructure state owned, worker run cooking oil factories Industrias Diana and others, and the dairy factory … Continue reading
Photo Source: Fred Mills By: Frederick B. Mills, Senior Research Fellow at COHA and Professor of Philosophy at Bowie State University September 26, 2013 · in COHA Research, Venezuela As a member of the Alberto Lovera Bolivarian Circle of New York delegation to Venezuela this past August, this researcher was able to observe a variety of community-based organizations … Continue reading
by Tamara Pearson Yesterday members of the Venezuelan national government inaugurated another chocolate factory, part of a push to increase local production of a product which for centuries was Venezuela’s main export, but was always processed and consumed overseas. The new Cimarron plant in Los Teques, Miranda state will be able to produce 600 kilos … Continue reading
BY NORA MCDEVITT JULY 2, 2013 Follow Nora McDevitt on Twitter Law against ecocide would enable governments to take action backed by legislation instead of nice words: Polly Higgins Polly Higgins is an international environmental attorney, award-winning author, and a long time advocate for the earth’s rights. Higgins and I met in 2009 on the United … Continue reading
On June 10-12, Ecuador’s National Institute of Advanced Studies (IAEN, Spanish acronym) held an international symposium on Crisis of civilization, ecosocialism and ‘buen vivir’ . (“Buen Vivir” is usually translated as “living well,” but its meaning is closer to “living appropriately.”) Over three days, the participants debated among themselves and discussed issues with the organizers and government representatives, focusing … Continue reading
(Jakarta, June 12, 2013) We, La Vía Campesina, call rural and urban organizations and social movements to transform and build a new society based on food sovereignty and justice. We gather here strengthened by the spirit of our friends and leaders and all those whose courage and commitment to our struggle inspires us. La Via … Continue reading
Presidente of INDEPABIS, Eduardo Saman By EWAN ROBERTSON (VIDEOS in Spanish) Mérida, 21st June 2013 (Venezuelanalysis.com, aporrea.org and VTV) – Following the implementation of measures to tackle shortages in some basic food and household items, both private Venezuelan media and the government report that the level of shortages is now decreasing. Shortages hit their highest level in five … Continue reading
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