Farmers protect what is left of private enterprise in Venezuela

[GatoGordo]

A GROUP OF WORKERS REMAINED IN THE SHEDS DURING THESE YEARS TO PROTECT WHAT LITTLE WAS LEFT OF THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE.

In the Portuguese state, workers are struggling to reactivate the agricultural Ferrara
By: Terra TV / Aporrea.org | Tuesday, 11/12/2018 11:10 AM

translated from Spanish

Dec. 11, 2018 - From the Portuguese state, the management of the "agricultural company Ferrara" by the "Agro-Agricultural Development Corporation" led to the almost total dispossession of their lands, machines and livestock.

A group of workers remained in the sheds during these years to protect what little was left of their infrastructure.

Although initially promised to deliver the company in commodatum to these workers and the farmers of the farm ¨Agrícola A and B¨ to produce the vital foods before the economic war, the measure is held back by economic interests present both within outside the institutions.

Backstory: Ferrara had to abandon Venezuela when it couldn't repatriate its profits in viable currency. In other words, its profits came in in dollars, and Chavismo insisted that Ferrara buy what it needed in worthless Bolivars. The farmers were promised the land and equipment by Maduro, but since Maduro's promises are worth about as much as the worthless Venezuelan currency, the farmers had nothing to plant, and nothing to plant with, nor anything else. Now, these farm workers wait for the day when Ferrara comes back and reopens for business. So, they take turns protecting the property (unpaid) in hopes that Maduro's henchmen don't show up and start carting off anything of value.

The LAST thing they want is for the land to be taken over, or managed by Chavismo.