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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
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
by Tamara Pearson- Venezuelanalysis.com A Venezuelan public media journalist breastfeeds as she works. Such public breastfeeding is fairly accepted in Venezuela (blog.chavez) Late President Hugo Chavez talking to members of the public (archive). Venezuela’s national assembly is debating a reform to its breastfeeding law which could see baby food companies like Nestle … Continue reading
By Masiel Fernandez Bolaños, special correspondence Rome, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan Foreign Minister Elias Jaua asserted today here that food is a human right and not merchandise, different from what capitalism has established. More images of FAO conference in: PhotosPL The member countries of the Bolivarian Alliance for the People of our Americas (ALBA) have proven that when … Continue reading
Jun 16th 2013, by Sascha Bercovitch “These countries are leading the way to a better future,” said FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva, shown here presenting a certificate of recognition to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (AVN) . Caracas, June 16th 2013 (Venezuelanalysis.com) – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recognized Venezuela as … Continue reading
Jun 2nd 2013, by Sascha Bercovitch – The Venezuelan government will continue its efforts to increase national food production and combat the use of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) through a new Law on Seeds, president of the Agri-Food Development Subcommittee for the National Assembly Alfredo Ureña announced on Friday. The law, designed as a reform to … Continue reading
By Aporrea TV May 28, 2013. – On Saturday, May 25, there were protests throughout the world against Monsanto, the world’s largest transnational producer of chemicals and genetically modified seeds. In Venezuela, different groups came together in a large protest in the Museum Square and warned against the entry of GMOs into Venezuela. One of … Continue reading
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