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    New takeovers as Chavez accelerates his "revolution"

    CARACAS (Reuters) – A string of nationalizations in Venezuela in recent days show President Hugo Chavez is pushing ahead with takeovers that critics say are undermining an economy that is already the worst performing in South America.

    Almost all the businesses expropriated during the 12-year rule of the firebrand leftist have struggled to maintain production levels -- a prime example being the OPEC member's troubled steelmaker Sidor.

    "Firms operate under the permanent threat of confiscation ... The state of despair and uncertainty is generalized," said Mauricio Cardenas, director of the Latin America Initiative at the Washington-based Brookings Institution think tank.

    "The economic model that has taken hold in Venezuela does not work. Without legal protection, there is no investment, and without investment, there is no growth," he said.

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101014/...tionalizations

    chavez's liberal policies are a disaster

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    Chavez will rule for a long time, having said no to globalization and internationalist fascism, his people will love him.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AssHatZombie View Post
    Chavez will rule for a long time, having said no to globalization and internationalist fascism, his people will love him.
    but he barely has a majority who "love" him and highly distrust his pollsters

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yurt View Post
    but he barely has a majority who "love" him and highly distrust his pollsters
    There are no homosexuals in iran.


    These aren't the droids you're looking for.

    Green jobs will save us.

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    chavez is palpatine

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    Quote Originally Posted by SmarterThanYou View Post
    chavez is palpatine
    No, that is pope Benedict that is actually Palpatine.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AssHatZombie View Post
    There are no homosexuals in iran.


    These aren't the droids you're looking for.

    Green jobs will save us.
    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNq_9vwfSis"]YouTube - Iran So Far Away - Andy Samberg & Adam Levine[/ame]

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yurt View Post
    New takeovers as Chavez accelerates his "revolution"

    CARACAS (Reuters) – A string of nationalizations in Venezuela in recent days show President Hugo Chavez is pushing ahead with takeovers that critics say are undermining an economy that is already the worst performing in South America.

    Almost all the businesses expropriated during the 12-year rule of the firebrand leftist have struggled to maintain production levels -- a prime example being the OPEC member's troubled steelmaker Sidor.

    "Firms operate under the permanent threat of confiscation ... The state of despair and uncertainty is generalized," said Mauricio Cardenas, director of the Latin America Initiative at the Washington-based Brookings Institution think tank.

    "The economic model that has taken hold in Venezuela does not work. Without legal protection, there is no investment, and without investment, there is no growth," he said.

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20101014/...tionalizations

    chavez's liberal policies are a disaster
    I think you mean viva la revolucion.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tom prendergast View Post
    I think you mean viva la revolucion.
    no...i speak spanglish...sheesh

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    Quote Originally Posted by Yurt View Post
    no...i speak spanglish...sheesh
    Obviously I need a Spanglish translator.

    http://www.thedarkcitadel.com/cgi-bin/spanglish.cgi

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