Reinaldo Celis, owner of La Palmita, has more than two months without selling gained by the intervention
Katie Hernandez (published in the newspaper El Nacional on Sunday 27 February 2011)
interventions farms in the south of Lake Maracaibo, which includes the municipalities of the states of Tachira, Merida, Trujillo and Zulia, brought greater uncertainty and concern for the livestock sector and agriculture in the region, suffering from years of insecurity problems for the kidnappings.
Measuring the National Land Institute was implemented on 17 December last year to 47 farms, with the allegation that was required to meet the emergency caused by the rains. So far about 18 estates have been restored to their owners, but it has not repealed the decision of intervention of these lands.
Producers argue that the Government has given a kind of subject property, which entitles them to occupy the farms but are denied the freedom to sell, produce and work normally. Are required to place all food companies socialist production. Meanwhile, farmers who have farms are waiting militarized that the Executive bienhechurías define whether to pay or return the property. So far about seven farms courts have demanded the annulment of agricultural relief measure INTI and have requested to suspend the detention order that prevents them from having the production and property. Some of those who suffer from this situation are the estates Bolívar, El Paionios, Olla Grande, Santa Rita, La Rosa, El Milagro, in Zulia, and La Palmita in Merida.
half Agreement. The Government's decision to return the farms has not been transparent and producers argue that while there is no resolution in which the INTI approve the repeal of the administrative action on each of the lands, the specter of intervention will continue to weigh on production units. July
Luzardo, owner of Costa Verde, received the news that his farm had been returned.
confirms that there is no military presence or INTI officials in place, but still lacks a legal document that expresses the state repeals the bailout measure.
indicates that at a meeting with INTI, government officials proposed the establishment of the Network of Free Farmers and Associates.
However, Luzardo not accept the conditions. "I will not be associate producer. They wanted to give 20% or more, from production to exchange, as a sort of barter. It was clear I did not accept. For Rafael Urdaneta, owner of Villa Olga, the Government tries to deceive into believing that recognizes private ownership of farms.
"We do not have access to guidelines to move cattle. The government says the land returned to us but the reality is that we leave our farms as occupiers and not owners, because we are at the expense of the decision of the INTI. It took the military but did not stop writing that the property is returned to us, "Urdaneta said.
charged that the government provides money to farmers for virtually farms and delivered to the state." This is happening because we want buy the conscience, "he said.
For Urdaneta private property at this time on land there.
prisoner in her own home. More than two months after surgery and militarization area, Reinaldo Celis, owner of the hacienda La Palmita (485 hectares), located in the municipality Andrés Bello, Merida state, still with his hands tied. Celis
argues that the government prevented him from continuing with normal activities such as selling cattle to slaughterhouses and stand next to the milk to dairy companies with guaranteed payment. "We could sell the cattle, and milk has been seized from farmers operated in Merida state." Traditionally the Palmita dispatched to Dairy Milk Los Andes, but now the government has not given guarantee and Celis opted to give the product to the community.
"I think my case was a mistake, because it takes the Palmita is to take my life, I give my life for this farm. I'm living more than two months with stress and I have nightmares every night, when I look and see the military feel like I'm a prisoner, "said Celis.
clarified that they have established a respectful coexistence with the military because the farm not only is the workplace, but also the main home he shares with employees.
argued that the farmer's work is very difficult, and if you have tried to hijack four times. "One sacrificed his life for this job . We wonder if having unproductive land is a crime, apparently so is having it productive, " Celis said, who is also chairman of the Cattlemen's Association of the municipality Alberto Adriani. Booty
Andes. Newman family for the bailout measure against its property The Chapala (578 hectares) came as another terrible news.
Agricultural production has given a lot of joy but also sadness and uncertainty, because they have been several kidnappings of loved ones.
Briceño José Albino Newman, 82 years old, said that after the intervention of the estate by the Government denied access to the property and confiscated the meat and milk production.
"I'm really feeling because they were 56 years of my life working on the farm, even lost a finger. All the sacrifices I made and my memories are in that estate, "said Newman, who noted that they produced 1,500 liters of milk a day. However, in developing the beef cattle fattening, milking stabilized between 900 and 1,000 liters per day.
The owners of the Chapala expect the government to clarify the situation. "We are willing to negotiate with the government if they want to buy it you sell it, and if we receive the return they want to continue to produce happy, that's all we do. "
At Hacienda Bolivar Brillembourg family, military presence is constant. The owners have not had access to the farm and the production of high quality meat and milk is confiscated. Before the rains in the unit had more than 12,500 cattle and 7,000 liters of milk produced daily. This fell to 5,000 liters after floods and cattle herd increased to 8,500. Between January and February milk production fell to less than 1,600 liters per day.
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