El gobierno comprará a partir de este sábado 600 toneladas de papa, como medida para evitar un nuevo paro agrario. Según Rubén Darío Lizarralde, ministro de Agricultura, la compra no se había hecho efectiva por dificultades de orden legal. Sin embargo, el vocero de la Mesa Sectorial de Dignidad Agropecuaria Colombiana, Cesar Pachón, dice que el gobierno los engañó y más allá de las reuniones y la firma de un papel, no ha cumplido uno solo de los puntos acordados una vez se terminó el primer paro nacional agrario.
Escuche en lafm.com.co lo que dijo el ministro y el vocero sobre el tema
Colombia: Con compra de papa Gobierno busca frenar nuevo paro
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