Wow, what a shame. He's well on the way to destroying Venezuela's oil industry, and the economy isn't going to be far behind.
On 1/31/07, Vivec wrote: > > " CARACAS, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Venezuela's Congress on Wednesday gave > initial approval to a bill granting President Hugo Chavez powers to > rule by decree for 18 months as he tries to force through > nationalizations key to his self-styled leftist revolution. > > Congress overwhelmingly passed the initial stage of the bill in a show > of hands, agreeing to call the measure an "enabling law". > > The lawmakers, all loyal to Chavez after opposition parties boycotted > the 2005 congressional elections, flaunted their populist credentials > by taking the unusual step of holding their vote in public, gathered > in a square in Caracas. > > If passed as expected, the final vote would allow anti-U.S. leader > Chavez, who has been in power since 1999, to deepen state control of > the economy. > > Chavez has targeted the oil industry and utilities, affecting many > foreign owners and shareholders. > > The economic reforms are set to work in tandem with increased > political centralization. Chavez is forging a single party to lead his > radical reforms, stripping the central bank of autonomy and seeking > indefinite reelection. > > The opposition accuses Chavez of being a tyrant in the making, taking > a slow-burning approach to following Cuban leader Fidel Castro. Chavez > argues he will always tolerate opposition and will step down if he > loses an election. " > > http://tinyurl.com/2wabbe > -- --------------- Robert Munn www.funkymojo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:226397 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
