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All in good time, my friend, all in good time.
Louis G
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> 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.
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> On 5 Aug 01, at 13:02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> > 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
> >
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