4 Board Members of Enne Superstores Arrested in Venezuela for Food Hoarding

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37. They can still make a profit.

They just can't gouge the consumers at will like they're used to, especially the transnationals. If they weren't making a tidy profit, they would have left long ago.

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Thanks to Prolesa, local milk farmers now have an alternative source to sell their milk to rather than being at the mercy of prices set by profit hungry multinationals that often exported the product for higher profits.

Instead, local farmers can now earn more for their milk and also produce quality products at fair prices for the local community and surrounding areas.

In an effort to keep prices as low as possible for consumers, Prolesa members work with other farmers, communal councils and workers at the local Ministry of Agriculture and Land (MAT) office to promote a campesino market.

This allows producers to sell their produce directly to the consumer, cutting out intermediaries.

Venezuelan campesinos like Alfredo are in an almost unique position of counting on the support of their government in this struggle for food sovereignty.

The goal of food sovereignty is enshrined in Venezuela’s constitution, which was adopted in a 1999 referendum.

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