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Peace Without Poison

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Like the vast majority of the western world, Venezuela too committed itself to covert methods ofdepopulation in the 1960s. The man responsible for beginning to subvert his people’s fertility in1964 is President Raúl Leoni (1964-1969). His predecessor, Rómulo Betancourt (1945-1948,1959-1964), approved the program in principle and only to avoid a military takeover, but did nothave the heart to poison his people.All subsequent Venezuelan leaders have stayed the course and fertility declined from 6.5children per woman prior to 1964 to 2.2 in 2006 when it was relaxed by President Hugo Chávez(1999-2013) and allowed to climb up to 2.5 where it remained until his death in 2013.943 | P a g e

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