Posted on 04/24/2017 7:33:51 PM PDT by TigerClaws
Amnesty International says a new decree in Venezuela that says the government can make any of its citizens farm the country's fields in order to combat its current, punishing food crisis "effectively amounts to forced labour."
"The decree, officially published earlier this week, establishes that people working in public and private companies can be called upon to join state-sponsored organizations specialized in the production of food," Amnesty International reported.
"They will be made to work in the new companies temporarily for a minimum of 60 days after which their 'contracts' will be automatically renewed for an extra 60-day period or they will be allowed to go back to their original jobs."
Venezuela's economy has been in a tailspin since 2014, a year after the death of the architect of the country's decade-plus-long socialist revolution, Hugo Chavez.
His successor, Nicolas Maduro, then took over only to face a swift and brutal decline, turning Venezuela into what economist Steve Hanke calls "the most miserable" country in the world. Aside from a food shortage, the country is also experiencing almost 300% inflation, frequent and violent mass protests, a massive public health crisis, and intense political repression.
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IIRC, wasn't this similar to one of Hillary's Health Care provisions...the Fed would determine which specialty a doctor could be directed to pursue, followed by job placement where the Fed directed.
From each everything they own or are or will be as determined by the Central Committee.
If we don’t destroy liberalism here, this is exactly what will happen here as well.
No...Venezuela's "tailspin" started the very same day they elected the commie Chavez to be their dictator...
Maybe Sean Penn will come and pick beans for them...(snort)... :)
Really makes you want to vote Democrat, huh???? /sarc
Today, Venezuela is going to attempt a Great Leap Forward overhaul of the Venezuelan economy. And it's going to have the same disastrous consequences.
Sounds like North Korea to me! Heck even their Military is required to work the fields and road construction.
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