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Venezuela: Farmers in Santa Barbara del Zulia Rebel Against Expropriations

Categories: Latin America, Venezuela, Environment, Governance, Politics, Protest

The Devil's Excrement [1] reports that farmers from Santa Barbara del Zulia [2] have rebelled against the expropriation of 47 farms: “[T]he farmers and cattlemen and their workers have decided this time to fight and began blocking the road, demanding the presence of the authorities, blocking the National Guard from going through and saying that they would stay there until the measure was revoked.”