Venezuelan government takes over farms

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez is following through on a controversial plan to seize farmland in the country's agricultural heartland.

Many landowners say the plan will leave prime farmland idle. But the government says the land will be used more efficiently, and workers' conditions improved. The goal is to transform farms from profit-making enterprises benefiting a few people to co-operatives that support a much broader group of Venezuelans.

Al Jazeera's Craig Mauro reports from Santa Barbara.

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[Tougemaster06]

@ToeInspector Venezuela is a democratic republic. Hugo Chavez was elected -_-.....

[HelmetBlissta]

@MrBillcale Chavez is the democratically elected leader of Venezuela. You can spread whatever rubbish you like. I encourage anyone who is unsure to check for themselves. Don't take my word for it.

[johnburneka]

jomm oooo

[MrBillcale]

@Tougemaster06 NOT HES A THUG THAT bans dissent

[XZiNsAnEXZ]

@MrBillcale

haha it is always the u.s government supporters(i support my country as in the people but not the rich companies who control the politicians) that come off so evil and hysteric.i bet you actually get pissed off in person when reading that people actually love chavez. haha keep it up man ignorant people like you will be extinct eventually and the human race will keep growing.

[XZiNsAnEXZ]

it's so obvious chaves is a evil warmongering dictator just like the news says! haha

[JollyBeef]

Hugo Chavez ate the crops

[SocialistaTribalista]

This is the revolution we've been waiting for, this is what 1917 wasnt, a democratic government implementing Industrial democracy, direct worker control of production. This and nothing else will silence all critics, and lead the International Left. Chavez has been in power for over 12 years and less then 500,000 people work in cooperatives, the revolution has to press forward, and focus on infrastructure, these cooperatives cannot be setup only to fail for lack of funding.

[HelmetBlissta]

@MrBillcale Your comment illustrates well a lack of coherent argument .

[MrBillcale]

@HelmetBlissta ironically yes..your just some illiterate third world slug