It is interesting that the nationalization of the privately held agri-business reported on in the article is questioned as to whether it really makes a difference. One would not encounter such ambiguity in the earlier years of the Chavez administration.
The article really doesn't answer the question in the headline. Instead the author prefers to cite ideological statements in support of nationalization and bringing enterprises under worker control. But mixed in with revolutionary ideology are many concerns as to what the transfer of ownership really means: a much more ecological and sustainable agriculture for Venezuela under the control of the people or more conventional agriculture under bureaucratic control.
...the contradictory statements coming from government representatives (celebrating chemical inputs while calling for environmental conservation) are to be rectified – if they are to be rectified at all – by the efforts of agroecology and food sovereignty advocates on the ground. This will depend on, in large part, the Venezuelan people being respected in their right to live out this democratic exercise in peace and self-determination.
