Venezuela's Maduro buries hatchet with billionaire businessman

[Bacchus4.0]

http://news.yahoo.com/venezuelas-maduro-buries-hatchet-billionaire-businessman-161326318.html

CARACAS (Reuters) -
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Perpetuating the hard-line rhetoric of his predecessor Hugo Chavez, newly-elected Maduro turned on Empresas Polar president Lorenzo Mendoza in recent days, accusing him of hoarding products as part of an "economic war" on the state by private business.

Mendoza, whose company is Venezuela's biggest beer- and flour-maker, denied that and pointedly challenged the government to sell production plants nationalized under Chavez back to the private sector to boost efficiency.

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Supplies of food and other basic products have been patchy in recent months, with long queues forming at supermarkets and rushes occurring when there is news of a new stock arrival.

The situation has spawned jokes among Venezuelans, particularly over the lack of toilet paper. The government announced this week it was importing 50 million rolls to compensate for "over-demand due to nervous buying."

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Polar - too big to nationalize.

[joshcryer]

1. Ahaha, Mendoza, just another elite boligarch.

Fucking shameful.

And all the right wing posters here who were defending the right wing homophobic bigot Maduro over Polar, and posting Maduroista propaganda with regards to Polar? Silent.

[Daniel537]

2. Maduro is now right wing, too?

Sheesh, make up your minds already.

[Marksman_91]

3. That's not what OP is saying

The article is basically saying that Maduro seems to be in the uncomfortable position of having to negotiate with the private sector to help his administration with the food shortage, despite the whole history of Chávez accusing Mendoza of being just another "oligarch". You can imagine how awkward it must've been for Maduro to have to go to him for help

[Daniel537]

4. One would think Maduro haters would be happy with this

Since instead of ignoring the private sector he's trying to work with them, especially someone like Mendoza who has long been an opponent of socialism.

[Marksman_91]

5. I haven't seen anything that indicates they're not happy

In any case, this is more likely to make leftists unhappy, what wih Maduro having to negotiate with the "right-wing oligarch" private sector and all.

[joshcryer]

7. Erm, he initially blamed the private sector.

Now he's buds with a rich elite worth billions?

I don't like the homophobic bigot Maduro's chronic lying and invoking of Emmanuel Goldstein's and myths.

[joshcryer]

6. He was left in name only.

Always has been.