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Venezuela is about to force people to work in the fields

• http://www.businessinsider.com, Linette Lope

"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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