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01/11/2005:

"Chavez issues decree to deepen land reform"

Venezuela's populist president declared Monday that farmland nationwide would be inspected and some of it given to the poor, expanding agrarian reforms with a pledge to fight "the large estates."

President Hugo Chavez signed a decree setting up a commission to inspect farmlands and told thousands of supporters gathered in a convention center that the plan provides "land for those who work it! Justice in the farmlands!"

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