Chavez Calls to Create Farmers'' Militia
Caracas - Venezuelan agricultural
workers are analyzing the creation of
farmers'' militias to cooperate with the
National Guard, as suggested by President
Hugo Chavez.
The Agriculture and Land Ministry said in a
press note Chavez made the suggestion via
telephone to participants at the meeting of
the Front of Farmers and Fishermen in the
country's west.
Agriculture and Land Minister Elias Jaua was
heading the meeting when Chavez made the
call, and asked farmers to organize along
with the National Guard.
"I want to see the farmers' militias soon. I
want to see them trained to defend the
revolution, their families and themselves,"
said Chavez, according to the note.
Venezuelan authorities have informed that in
the ten years of the Chavez government, over
150,000 farmers have been activated, and
they have been granted lands, machineries,
funds, and technical assistance.
The National Front of Farmers and Fishermen
is been coordinated in parallel, and its
objective is to raise awareness, and
strengthen popular organization and
political-ideological formation. |
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