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Venezuela has a new 'forced labor' law that can require people to work in field
Vice.com ^ | July 28, 2016

Posted on 07/31/2016 4:35:50 AM PDT by Enlightened1

Socialism is just great, isn’t it? Venezuela has been having a major food crisis for months and now might force its own people to do farm labor.

 

Vice News reported:

Venezuela has a new ‘forced labor’ law that can require people to work in fields

International human rights activists are complaining that new laws have introduced forced labour in Venezuela.

 

“A new decree establishing that any employee in Venezuela can be effectively made to work in the country’s fields as a way to fight the current food crisis is unlawful and effectively amounts to forced labor,” Amnesty International said in a statement released on Thursday.

President Nicolás Maduro signed a decree at the end of last week that gives powers to the labor ministry to order “all workers from the public and private sector with enough physical capabilities and technical know-how” to join a government drive aimed at increasing food production.

They can be required to work in the agricultural sector for a 60-day period that can be extended for another 60 days “if the circumstances require it.”

Shortages of basic goods have become a normal part of life for most Venezuelans ever since the country was plunged into an economic crisis by the plummeting oil price. Food shortages have become particularly acute in recent months, accompanied by violent demonstrations and violent responses to these by the police.

Earlier this month, 120,000 desperate Venezuelans took advantage of a weekend’s temporary relaxation of border controls to flood into the Colombian city of Cúcuta to shop for basics. Local stores reportedly ran out of supplies in a few hours.

Has anyone asked Bernie Sanders for comment?

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KEYWORDS: farm; force; labor; venezuela
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1 posted on 07/31/2016 4:35:51 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: Enlightened1

Can you Cambodia?

Khmer Rouge?


2 posted on 07/31/2016 4:38:53 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Pontiac

Exactly!


3 posted on 07/31/2016 4:39:38 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: Enlightened1

So what’s the plan? Go door to door in the poorest parts of town & haul them off while the rich quaff?
Don’t tar me a socialist - I’m a freedom loving capitalist & this country is totally out of hand!

Look at these pics below- this is freakin’ crazee!!!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3640941/Super-rich-quaff-champagne-Venezuela-country-club-middle-classes-scavenge-food-rubbish-dumps-DOGS-starving.html


4 posted on 07/31/2016 4:43:46 AM PDT by thesligoduffyflynns
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To: Enlightened1
The socialist propaganda quotes to support this should be saved to use when it's time to add a work requirement for welfare.

Will be great to let democrat/socialists argue with socialist quotes tying themselves in knots explaining why it shouldn't happen here?

5 posted on 07/31/2016 4:46:40 AM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (HTTP 500 - Internal Server Error)
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To: thesligoduffyflynns

I’m going to guess that neighborhoods which didn’t vote for the current government will bear the brunt of this.


6 posted on 07/31/2016 4:49:21 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Socialists want YOUR wealth redistributed, never THEIRS!)
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To: Enlightened1

Great! I expect to Sean Penn working in the cane fields any day now./sarc


7 posted on 07/31/2016 4:50:47 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Giggles the pig for POTUS - 2016)
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To: SauronOfMordor

imho I don’t think it’s going to work as you suggested.

He may pull a Erdogan.


8 posted on 07/31/2016 4:51:35 AM PDT by thesligoduffyflynns
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To: Enlightened1
Venezuela needs a French Revolution.
9 posted on 07/31/2016 4:52:38 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (The reality about reality TV shows is they really ain't reality.)
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To: Enlightened1

Everyone who votes for Hillary should have to work somewhere. The welfare base of the Democrat Party should not be allowed to vote for their parasitic existence on the backs of workers.


10 posted on 07/31/2016 4:57:18 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: Enlightened1

When the Democrats increase taxes to fund their socialist schemes, they are forcing productive Americans to essentially give the fruits of their labor whether they like it or not. The Democrats like socialist everywhere seek to disarm, tax and control.


11 posted on 07/31/2016 4:59:08 AM PDT by allendale
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To: Enlightened1

Tried by Mao during the “Cultural Revolution” (””Down to the Countryside Movement”).

Didn’t work.


12 posted on 07/31/2016 4:59:25 AM PDT by Stosh
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To: Enlightened1

The proof of the pure evil of Autocratic Rule, I don’t care a whit what you call it or who is in charge, this must be defeated and those responsible, jailed. Period.


13 posted on 07/31/2016 5:02:37 AM PDT by Shady (We are at war again......this time for our lives...)
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To: Pontiac

“Can you Cambodia?”

Apparently the rich don’t need all the extra population hanging around anymore.


14 posted on 07/31/2016 5:03:55 AM PDT by Clean_Sweep
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To: Beagle8U

All the celebrity knotheads who say they’ll leave the USA if Trump wins? — ship them to Venezuelan forced labor farms. Arec Barrwin hoeing spuds in 100 degree heat & humidity...a beautiful thought.


15 posted on 07/31/2016 5:04:35 AM PDT by nickedknack
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To: Enlightened1

The goal of socialism is communism. ~Vladimir Lenin


16 posted on 07/31/2016 5:04:54 AM PDT by Pinkbell (Liberal tolerance only extends to people they agree with.)
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To: allendale
An income tax IS slavery. Whether 10% or 100%, it's merely a matter of degree.
17 posted on 07/31/2016 5:08:34 AM PDT by abb ("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
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To: Enlightened1

Socialism is probably one of the worst things a nation can inflict on itself.

So many of those people are going to die, it breaks my heart.


18 posted on 07/31/2016 5:08:55 AM PDT by Read Write Repeat
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To: thesligoduffyflynns
So what’s the plan? Go door to door in the poorest parts of town & haul them off while the rich quaff?

That's exactly what China did in Mao Tse Tung's "GREAT LEAP FORWARD" in the late 1950's to early 1960's.

City people don't know how to farm and that was one of the causes for the program's utter failure. The program led to widespread famine known as the "Great Leap Forward Famine".

Estimates are that the "GREAT LEAP FORWARD" caused somewhere between 20 million and 40 million deaths, primarily due to starvation.


19 posted on 07/31/2016 5:09:30 AM PDT by Iron Munro (If Illegals voted Rebublican 50 Million Democrats Would Be Screaming "Build The Wall!")
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To: thesligoduffyflynns

Wow that was powerful link! The pictures alone show the disconnect. This is one of the many reasons I am so against Socialism and Communism. Thanks for sharing it! I have emailed your link to several people.

Thanks again!


20 posted on 07/31/2016 5:10:17 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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