Venezuela takes over brewer's land, sugar mills

[naaman fletcher]

CARACAS, April 28 (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez has decreed the seizure of land from Venezuela's leading beer and food company and the takeover of three sugar mills in the latest government moves against private industry.

Chavez, who signed the decrees late on Tuesday, told Empresas Polar owner Lorenzo Mendoza his objections to the takeover of five plots of land in Barquisimetro city were unjustified.

"Don't provoke me, Mendoza, stay calm," Chavez said at a late-night Cabinet meeting shown on live TV.



http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2816859420100428?type=marketsNews

[protocol rv]

1. Don't provoke me?

So what do our dear Chavez lovers say about such a comment and the rule of law in Venezuela?

[naaman fletcher]

2. Obviously you don't understand the big picture. /nt

[protocol rv]

3. I sure don't

I don't have the big picture, I heard Nigeria was very corrupt, but the corruption and debasement of the law over here is really bad.