Local Committees for Supply and Production

<p>The Local Committees for Supply and Production   are food distribution committees promoted by the Venezuelan government in which the communities themselves supply and distribute the priority foods through a house-to-house delivery method. It was established in 2016 by President <a href="/facts/Nicol%C3%A1s_Maduro/uXv98qFu">Nicolás Maduro</a> in response to the <a href="/facts/Shortages_in_Venezuela/ICYvsab1">shortages in Venezuela</a>. The committees have been subject of complaints about corruption, political use, delays, poor food quality and price increases without prior warning. This service is a subsidiary of the Ministry of Popular Power for Food.
</p><p>In June 2018, the <a href="/facts/Office_of_the_United_Nations_High_Commissioner_for_Human_Rights/s43BaRNL">UN High Commissioner for Human Rights</a> published a report in which they considered that the CLAP program did not meet certain standards related to the right to adequate food; in addition the lack of control in the program was documented, as was its use as a tool for political propaganda and social control.
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Local Committees for Supply and Production