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You don't even have to do the dumping. Venezuela gov's own program for better food allowed Venezuelans to purchase food from neighboring countries for 'cheap.'
by simonsarris 7y ago
You don't even have to do the dumping. Venezuela gov's own program for better food allowed Venezuelans to purchase food from neighboring countries for 'cheap.' The result is that a lot of Venezuelan farmers closed shop during these good times.
Alas, cue hard times, and you have today (or these past ~3 years).
(This is a terrible simplification of Venezuela's ills, I only say it because it is an interesting case where internal food aid did the same destructive thing. It seems if you want lasting food aid, you should always try to make the aid bottom up, from the farmers.)