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From Agribusiness to Agroecology? An Analysis of Venezuela’s Nationalization of AgroIsleña

By Juan Reardon – Venezuelanalysis.com, Oct 19th 2010

A bicyclist passes by an AgroIsleña distribution center (Globovision)

With the nationalization of AgroIsleña, the Venezuelan state has taken an important step in the struggle to bring social and economic factors under greater control of the Venezuelan people and out of the hands of private, profit-driven firms. What is yet to be understood is what ecological factors will be considered as the AgroPatria project moves forward.

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“Sowing Light” Part 1: Bringing Solar Power to Rural Venezuela

By James Suggett - Venezuelanalysis.com, Aug 30th 2010

A solar system for an adobe-walled home

Suggett visits the isolated rural village of El Quinó, where the government and community have worked together to install solar power, bringing electricity to the town for the first time, along with other social benefits.

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Will the Bolivarian Revolution End Coal Mining in Venezuela?

By James Suggett - Venezuelanalysis.com, May 29th 2008

The Wayúu, Yukpa, and Barí indigenous communities who would have been displaced by the coal mining projects in their lands cautiously interpret the Chavez government's suspension of these projects as a temporary sign of relief. But their struggle against coal mining has lasted a quarter of a century and will not conclude until mining concessions are repealed for good.

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Hugo Chavez’s Achilles Heel: The Environment

By Nikolas Kozloff, Oct 9th 2006

In Maracaibo, Kozloff interviewed Jorge Hinestroza, a sociologist at the University of Zulia and former General Coordinator of the Federation of Zulia Ecologists. During the insightful hour long interview, Hinestroza illuminated many of the contradictions within the Chavez government’s environmental policy.

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Misión Arbol: Reforesting Venezuela

By Michael Fox – Venezuelanalysis.com, Jun 23rd 2006

The forests of the world are disappearing at a rate like never before seen and Venezuela may rank on the top 10 deforestation list, but two weeks ago Venezuela began to fight back.

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The Open Veins of Venezuela

By Jeroen Kuiper - Venezuelanalysis.com, Mar 18th 2005

Gold mining and logging are destroying huge parts of the Imataca forest reserve in Eastern Venezuela. Critics say the mining and logging activities are illegal and profits mainly flow to multinational companies abroad. It all has to do with Decree 3,110, which President Chavez issued half a year ago.

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