land question in vzla--- a compulated article from an opposition paper today [SPAM?]

["michael a. lebowitz" <mlebowit@xxxxxx>]

They invade sugar producing cane property in Yaracuy

The property Tibana-Coal bunker gathers to the day 154 tons of cane
(File) 

With tractors and heavy machinery the cooperative Eighth Star initiated
yesterday the invasion of the property Tibana-Coal miner, located in the
Veroes municipality of the Yaracuy state.

The estate, property of John Hines, has 420 hectares of which more than
50% they are dedicated to agriculture and the rest is described like
industrial area. The daily drip jar is of 154 tons of sugar cane,

Hines denunciation that the invasion began the 31 of May when a group of
people installed a farm in a sector of the estate. They arrived armed
with machetes, and as much workers as owners did not take greater
measures.

Nevertheless, Marco Romero and Justo Barboza, president and member of the
cooperative, respectively, explained that I found it is in the perimeter
of polygonal Stick-Wood Quemao ?and belongs to the State because
therefore establishes the 1963 decree where they explain that the nation
paid these lands in the Agrarian Reformation. However, never they removed
from the estate to Hines, that claims to be owner?, reviewed the
Newspaper of Yaracuy.

They add that ?soon in 1976 they returned to pay the lands but they did
not evacuate either to those who appear like proprietors?.

The payment - Barboza- explained made the State through old National
Agrarian Institute (IAN). 

They showed that I found is formed by two lots; one of 290 hectares and
another one of 131; ?nevertheless?, only they have cultivated field here
cane in 174 hectares, the rest is potrero, and these are A1 earth, apt to
be cultivated of any heading and that is indeed what we are going to do
from already, we will seed maize, yucca, banana, caraota, among others?,
said Romero.

Michael A. Lebowitz

Professor Emeritus

Economics Department

Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, B.C., Canada V5A 1S6

Director, Programme in 'Transformative Practice and Human Development'

Centro Internacional Miranda, P.H.

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