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Article: Venezuelan authorities inspect eight farms as part of agrarian reform initiative
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- January 12, 2005
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FABIOLA SANCHEZ, Associated Press Writer
AP Worldstream
01-12-2005
Dateline: CARACAS, Venezuela
Venezuelan authorities began inspecting eight farms in central Cojedes state on Wednesday to determine whether some lands may be turned over to poor farmers, a legal adviser to the governor said.
Alexis Ortiz, an adviser to Cojedes governor Jhonny Yanez, a said the inspections formed part of an agrarian reform effort led by President Hugo Chavez.
Chavez, a self-proclaimed "revolutionary," has pledged "war against the large estates" in Venezuela using a 2001 law that allows the expropriation of "idle" farmlands that are not put to adequate use.
Ortiz said government inspectors, accompanied in some ...