After solidarity food bags

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http://www.eluniversal.com/economia/151107/after-solidarity-food-bags

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Nationalizing the Food Industry

During a conference on "The Food Situation," held at the Association of Engineers this past October 21st and presenting a number of speakers, experts on the subject matter; Rodrigo Agudo stated that since Hugo Chávez's Administration came to power, it had always proposed a policy of "Food Sovereignty" that was based on a change from individual or private property relations to a system of collective property, "delegated and represented by the State". This policy was able to exist backed by the extraordinary amount of revenue coming into government coffers due to high oil prices, which allowed the Administration to import food in order to guarantee the country's food supply while traditional food producing operations were intervened and transformed into new socialist companies. According to Agudo, this transition was compensated for with imports.

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Rodrigo Agudo explains that the process of intervention of those producing operations, along with other measures such as price controls, regulations and new laws governing the food sector, all led to the deterioration of the country's food production apparatus and the production potential. In Fernando Camino's opinion, legal instruments such as the Agriculture and Livestock Development Law or the Food Security and Sovereignty Law, affected property rights and provided the government with a "broad range of discretion" to intervene companies and production centers.
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The State as producer

With the change in perspective with respect to private property, the State's participation as a producer has become much more significant over the past few years. State owns 50% of dairy (83% shortage of powdered milk) , 70% of coffee, 55% rice, 65% tuna, 60% of slaughter houses, 45% processing plants for flour, 63% sugar mills,

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The so-called "Bolsas Solidarias" are being distributed by the Communal Councils. The bags cost VEB 1,200 and include 2 units of powdered detergent, milk, sugar, cooking oil, rice, pasta, corn flour, butter, tea, and instant soup. If the basket also includes chicken, it costs VEB 1,600; if it has chicken and meat, then it costs VEB 1,800.
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the Bolsa Solidaria costs $260 at government exchange rate, if the bag has meat then its about $300