Venezuela nationalises major slaughterhouse and milk company

[Mugu]

In a speech given during the swearing in of the new national leadership of the Socialist United Party of Venezuela (PSUV), president Chávez announced the nationalisation of the country's largest chain of slaughterhouses and of a milk company, as part of a plan to struggle against food sabotage.

"We nationalized, through an acquisition, a large chain of (slaughterhouses) that makes up 70% of the installed capacity in Venezuela" Chavez said. "We're also acquiring milk-products company 'Los Andes' that represents 30% of the milk-processing capacity in the country," he added.

In his speech Chavez insisted that one of the lines of attack of imperialism and the bourgeoisie is to generate shortages of food in the country. "Mr Bush himself mentioned this in his speech, when he said that the president of Venezuela is a demagogue who makes his people go hungry", he said.

Chavez explained how powerful private businessmen who are opposed to his government and allied to imperialism are promoting hoarding of food and other products in order to create scarcity and blame the government for it.


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[Sarah Ibarruri]

1. The govt. is buying private enterprise in an eminent domain fashion

And I'm all for it.

[ben_meyers]

2. From each according to his ability,

To each according to his need. Works everytime it's been tried! Or not.

[mitchtv]

3. I'll bet that includes

inspection services too

[napoleon_in_rags]

4. Major oil company nationalizes US government.

or should I say "corporatizes". I don't see the difference either way, really. I guess with the socialist way you at least have the idea that the democratically controlled government is controlling the company, not vice versa.