Monte Culebra

Malojillo
2009. Venezuela, Argentina. vo Spanish.

From an agroecological and alternative perspective to capitalist globalization, "monte culebra" approaches the productive and organizational processes of peasant collective experiences in western Venezuela.

A critical look at the agricultural development model that the Bolivarian government's agrarian policy promotes in rural cooperatives as a strategy to achieve food sovereignty. In addition, the evaluation of self-managed peasant experiences that practice agroecology -for more than 30 years- and participate in a network of food production and distribution through urban consumer fairs. "Monte Culebra" traces the history of Venezuelan rural displacement (common denominator in the world's peasant populations) and its resistance.

In a context of corporate media dictatorship, community television emerged as a tool for the counter-hegemonic struggle, accompanying the experiences of rural life. Agroecological practices, inspired by ancestral methods and peasant rationality, insurge the agribusiness-educational paradigm and challenge the creativity of a government that tests new forms of territorial political action.