by Daniel Alman (Author)
By the time Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died in 2013, he had nationalized more than 10 million acres of farmland.
Some of the farmland that had been productive while under private ownership became idle under government ownership, and some of the farm equipment sat gathering dust. As a result, food production fell substantially.
The country's new president, Nicolas Maduro, continued Chavez's policies.
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