From: Rakesh Bhandari (rakeshb@STANFORD.EDU)
Date: Thu Jan 08 2004 - 12:37:51 EST
Jerry wrote: >Approximately five million acres of land were distributed to Venezuelan >peasants in 2003 and it is projected that another nine million acres will >be distributed in 2004. Also, 100,000 families received land grants, >agricultural machinery, etc. in 2003. See: ><http://archives.econ.utah.edu/archives/a-list/2004w00/msg00002.htm>http://archives.econ.utah.edu/archives/a-list/2004w00/msg00002.htm > Yes but most of this land was unused (as I understand it), and thus one could suspect of poor quality. The land reform as I understand it has not proceeded as a revolutionary assault on the latifundia system. What you have sent us is hardly detailed: we don't know about the viability of these farms, the quality of the equipment, the labor relations that prevail on them. Rakesh >The rest of the questions are answered in: > > > PS. for those who are looking for information on workers in Venezuela, you >> can check out <http://www.aporrea.org>www.aporrea.org (it's in >>Spanish but you can use Babelfish >> from altavista to get a sense of the content); less specifically on this >> but in English, <http://www.venezuelanalysis.com>www.venezuelanalysis.com. > >In solidarity, Jerry
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