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Comuna “El Maizal” un ejemplo de lucha por la soberanía agroalimentaria

Comuna “El Maizal” un ejemplo de lucha por la soberanía agroalimentaria Prensa Comuna El Maizal – http://www.aporrea.org 07/10/11 – http://www.aporrea.org/desalambrar/n190252.html 7 de octubre de 2011.- En el corazón del estado Lara, exactamente, en la población Sabana Alta del municipio Simón Planas, se encuentra la Comuna Socialista “El Maizal” que, desde hace dos años, trabaja de … Continue reading →

Coming Soon! New Video about Venezuela’s Food Revolution!

So excited about this new video about Venezuela’s food revolution by Simon Cunich. NYC folks, the tentative date for the screening is November 18. Please mark your calendars!

Venezuela’s Radical Food Experiment

Venezuela’s Radical Food Experiment  Paula Crossfield September 14, 2011 | This article appeared in the October 3, 2011 edition of The Nation. Paula Crossfield is the managing editor of civileats.com. On a hillside overlooking Caracas, Venezuela, Pedro Echavez feeds sweet potato greens to his rabbits. These animals are raised for their meat, but their droppings … Continue reading →

Venezuela: Rural killers enjoy impunity

Sunday, May 22, 2011 By Federico Fuentes Having arrived back in Caracas after more than two weeks visiting various rural communities, leaders from the National Campesino Front Ezequiel Zamora (FNCEZ) told us that the bodies of two of their comrades, missing since April 12, had been found. Jose Joel Torres Leves and Agustin Gamboa Duran were leading … Continue reading →

Venezuelan village claims best cacao

  Wow in Chuao: Venezuelan village claims best cacao As the sun beats down to dry cherished criollo beans in the main square in Chuao, residents of the village in mountainous northern Venezuela simply say: behold the world’s best cocoa. Of course, people in other countries, with chocolate on their happy faces, may beg to … Continue reading →

Venezuela’s Rural Social Movements Condemn Murder of Two Peasant Activists

Coro, April 18th 2011 (Venezuelanalysis.com) – Earlier this week, an affiliation of rural social movements took to the streets of La Pedrera, Barinas state, to protest the kidnapping, torture and murder of two peasant political activists last week. The numerous organisations which included; the Revolutionary Current of Bolivar and Zamora, the Ezequial Zamora National Peasant’s … Continue reading →

Fabrica Chocolatera El Cimarron en Barlovento

Fishing production in Venezuela has strengthened after two years of trawling ban

By News Bulletin MINCI. Ven Global News Friday, Mar 18, 2011 After two years of banning industrial trawling, small-scale fishermen from different coastal states have reported a significant increase of production and also confirmed the appearance of endangered species in the area. Several species are now easily found near the coasts of the states of … Continue reading →

4/28 in NYC: Film screening of “Tierras Libres” w/ peasant leaders from Venezuela, Dominican Republic & US

This April 17th marks International Day of Peasant’s Struggle, commemorating the worldwide struggles of farmers, fishers, landless workers, and indigenous peoples to defend the world’s food, land, and water from corporate takeover. Celebrate this important date with the screening of a new film on the struggle over land in Venezuela, joined by the filmmaker plus … Continue reading →

Over 4 Million Hectares of Land Nationalised by Venezuelan Government in 12 Years

Apr 4th 2011, by Tamara Pearson – Venezuelanalysis.com Chavez in the interview with Uruguayan journalist Federico Fasano (agencies) Mérida, April 4th 2011 (Venezuelanalysis.com) – In the next few days the Venezuelan government will begin a process of recovering 300,000 hectares of land that were in the hands of an English company, Chavez announced last week … Continue reading →