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Chávez's so-called back-to-the-land movement calls for the redistribution of land -- increasingly properties that the state has taken over in what officials term a "rescue" or "recuperation." The objective is to ensure "food sovereignty," thereby reducing dependence on imports. But nearly five years after the measures were implemented nationwide, farmers and agriculture experts say, Venezuela is not only far from self-sufficient in food, but also more dependent than ever on foreign countries. Food imports rose to $7.5 billion last year, a sixfold increase since Chávez took power a decade ago.

SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia -- Government troops took up posts around government buildings in Bolivia's eastern capital yesterday as separatist militants invaded tax offices, the latest in a wave of mob actions that have paralyzed key national institutions. The previous night, protesters ransacked offices of the ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) in Santa Cruz as demands for regional autonomy have escalated into calls for outright independence. "We are no longer interested in the constitutional assembly or any negotiations with the government; what we want is our Camba nation," said protest leader Amelia Dimetri, using the name favored by a growing body...

The Namibia Agricultural Union, says the announcement that farm expropriations will take place in the country has sent shockwaves through its agricultural community. "It is shocking. It causes sorrow and disturbances in the farming community," said the union's president, Jan de Wet. On Wednesday, Prime Minister Theo-Ben Gurirab said on state television that a number of white-owned farms would be expropriated to accelerate land reform. This was because the existing policy of "willing seller, willing buyer" was not delivering results. "The process has become too slow because of arbitrarily inflated land prices and unavailability of productive land," observed Gurirab. Like...