Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------------------------- Chavez is obviously not as anti big business and neoliberal as he purports to be, otherwise he'd be in some phony "court" answering charges of genocide. On 5 Aug 01, at 13:02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK > --------------------------------------------- > > In a message dated 04/08/01 23:25:29 Eastern Daylight Time, Lahuelga writes: > > > Private property not sacred - Venezuela's Chavez > > By Daniel Flynn > > > > CARACAS, Venezuela, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez > said > > on Saturday that private property was not sacred in the oil-rich South > > American nation and that individual investments must take second place to > > national interests. > > > > Referring to government plans for an abandoned private shipyard in the > > western state of Falcon, Chavez said "those who believe that private > property > > is sacred have to get that out of their head because it is not." > > > > "We have to respect private property as the constitution states ... but > the > > will of the people is sacred," the populist former paratrooper said during > a > > three-hour edition of his weekly radio show. > > > > Chavez said he would consult with the attorney-general on a legal > mechanism > > to enable the government to reactivate the shipyard "and put it at the > > service of Venezuela." > > > > "The voice of the people is the voice of God; the market is not God. That > is > > what they tried to convince us of here," said Chavez, who is a critic of > U.S. > > political intervention in Latin America and an admirer of Cuban President > > Fidel Castro. > > > > Since taking office in 1999 with a overwhelming popular mandate to tackle > > widespread poverty and entrenched corruption, Chavez has alarmed many > > investors and Venezuela's wealthy elite with his diatribes against "savage > > neoliberalism." > > > > His repeated promises to confiscate fallow lands and unproductive property > > under a forthcoming Land Law have raised an outcry from industrial and > > agricultural groups. > > > > "We have to put an end to the great landed estates," he said to rapturous > > applause on Saturday. > > > > The nation of 24 million is experiencing its biggest oil bonanza since the > > early 1980s, but economic growth has remained sluggish as local > businessmen, > > mistrustful of Chavez's agenda, have limited their investment. > > > > Recalling the collapse of the privatized state airline Viasa, Chavez said > > that privatization had brought misery to Venezuela, the world's No. 3 oil > > exporter, under previous governments. > > > > "We do not rule out the possibility of privatizations, but it is not God. > It > > depends on how it is done, with whom it is done, when it is done, and why > it > > is done," he said. > > > > 16:43 08-04-01 > > > ------------------------------------------------- > This Discussion List is the follow-up for the old stopnato @listbot.com that has >been shut down > > > ------------------------------------------------- This Discussion List is the follow-up for the old stopnato @listbot.com that has been shut down ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9spWA Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [email protected] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
