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Chavez says bill to nationalize supermarkets is 'ready'
Feb 15, 2007, 23:19 GMT
Caracas - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Thursday that his government had already prepared a bill to nationalize food producers and distributors should they violate federal price regulation for meat and other mass products.
'It is ready, last night we gave the Law for Defence Against Hoarders and Speculators another revision,' the controversial Venezuelan president said.
He said the legislation would allow the nationalization of cattle raisers, slaughterhouses and meat distributors, among others.
Chavez threatened to nationalize businesses that violate the prices set by authorities for meat, chicken and eggs. The business community rejects the move, and requested that legally-prescribed sanctions prevail.
Venezuela's parliament, controlled by Chavez's party and his supporters, last month gave the president the authority to rule by decree for 18 months. Chavez has already begun implementing plans to nationalize the country's telecommunications and energy industries as part of his socialist agenda.
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Come on Dude , don't be so skeptical . It worked well before , except for the food lines and no civil rights .
Look at the bright side , at least he leads The Hate against whoever is the new scapegoat .
I wonder if the ' 19th-century prison conditions ' in Venezuelan prisons are true ? Probably just a Western Conspiracy .
PS : I do not intend to single out or offend Venezuelan/South Americans , for example :
' Rat-infested French jails likened to 'dungeons in Middle Ages '
' FRANCE'S prisons are the worst in Europe and their cells are akin to dungeons in the Middle Ages, according to a watchdog's report yesterday.
Hygiene is 'deplorable', with inmates crowded into filthy, rat-infested cells, leading to an explosion in the number of prisoners with infectious diseases '
Etc etc etc .
And slowly, almost imperceptably Chavez eats the heart of Venezula. Seizing all for the state (himself) may seem like a good move but what happens when that stage is done? No more foreign investment is what. Disagreement becomes law (not just losing your job as it is now). Whats the betting that when Chavez finally seizes control for life the country will be named something like 'The peoples democratic repulic of the truly free peoples of Venezula', strange that the most draconion states like NK and Venz always end up with the longest freest sounding names, anyone wanna guess as to why?
Hugo Chavez is an Impotent Crossdresser.
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SP4: Think FoodlinesFeb 15th, 2007 - 23:29:03
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