Chavéz’s Land Reforms Are Truly More Than Forcible Land Distribution

Venezuela, like other Latin American countries, has witnessed an extremely unequal land ownership system, where only 5% of the population controlled roughly 75% of the agricultural private land. Importantly, almost 60% of the agricultural labourers have been landless. Migrating to urban centers, these landless labourers have flocked to slum areas, complicating things further. The oil boom of 1990s succeeded in earning petrodollars, the benefit for which again fl owed to select few of the elite. Neglect of agriculture and iniquitous land equation made Venezuela a net food importer. The land reforms seek to change exactly that.

For Chavéz to succeed, his land reform initiatives have to be merged with provisions of financial credits, technical expertise and marketing assistance for the farmers. But all in all, there is no doubting the fact that Hugo Chavéz has redefined socialism dramatically and humanely. If only Left ists across the world could learn from him...

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2006

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