Article 43481 Venezuela's new 'fatherland' ID card, created with China's ZTE, helps create social control

Venezuela's new 'fatherland' ID card, created with China's ZTE, helps create social control

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Story ImageVenezuela is rolling out a new, smart-card ID known as the 'carnet de la patria,' or 'fatherland card.' The ID transmits data about cardholders to computer servers. The card is increasingly linked by the government to subsidized food, health and other social programs most Venezuelans rely on to survive.
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