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ALBA
Alimentos to Dodge Food Crisis
CARACAS - ALBA Alimentos will emerge as a
grand national project aimed at fighting the
regional food crisis, said Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez at the 7th Summit of
the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas
(ALBA).
President Chavez called to boost ALBA
Alimentos enterprises that will specialize
in food production and distribution to help
curb regional food crisis.
Chavez recalled the latest FAO report in
which the ranks of Latin American poor and
destitutes will soar by three million and
the undernourished will retrogress 20 years.
He added that his government strives "to
revert the negative trend resulting from the
failure of Capitalism as ruling system."
As examples he mentioned plans to produce
100 percent of the national seed supply by
2011, to achieve total food sovereignty and
become the world's fourth gas and oil
superpower relaying on certified domestic
reserves.
So, Venezuela hopes "to build a new economic
and financial architecture which is to be
accompanied by social, economic and
environmental justice," concluded Chavez. |
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