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Venezuela Seizes Seaports, Airstrips
FOX/AP ^
Posted on 03/22/2009 3:43:55 PM PDT by nuconvert
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela's federal government seized seaports and airstrips in at least four states on Saturday, a move critics say is meant to limit the powers of mayors and governors opposed to President Hugo Chavez.
The takeover, ordered by Venezuela's socialist president last weekend and approved by lawmakers, aims to bring the country's major transportation hubs under federal control this year.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airstrips; chavez; ports; socialists; venezuela
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posted on
03/22/2009 3:43:55 PM PDT
by
nuconvert
To: nuconvert
Also, the window on escaping Venezuela is closing fast.
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posted on
03/22/2009 3:44:37 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(1996 2006 2008 - Good Things Come in Threes)
To: nuconvert
Chavez is playing with fire, as in read, aim, fire!
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posted on
03/22/2009 3:46:19 PM PDT
by
WellyP
(obama must go!)
To: nuconvert
"Watch and learn Grasshopper!"
To: nuconvert
...federal government seized seaports and airstrips in at least four states on Saturday, a move critics say is meant to limit the powers of mayors and governors opposed to President...Coming to a neighborhood close to you soon.
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posted on
03/22/2009 3:47:39 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, Question everyone else)
To: nuconvert
Is there anything “Ooogo” hasn’t seized yet?
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posted on
03/22/2009 3:48:48 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: nuconvert
Last week Chavez failed in his attempt to “cap” Raul Castro and his ruling council. A lot of people are very upset, inside Cuba and within the Venezuelan military.
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posted on
03/22/2009 3:49:15 PM PDT
by
WellyP
(obama must go!)
To: nuconvert
Democrats in Congress are taking notes.
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posted on
03/22/2009 3:50:23 PM PDT
by
Always Right
(Obama: more arrogant than Bill Clinton, more naive than Jimmy Carter, and more liberal than LBJ.)
To: nuconvert
I’m sure Sean Penn approves.
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posted on
03/22/2009 3:50:24 PM PDT
by
BunnySlippers
(I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
To: mylife
Is there anything “Ooogo” hasn’t seized yet? A tombstone with his name on it.
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posted on
03/22/2009 3:53:23 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, Question everyone else)
To: Always Right
I’m taking notes of the notes they are taking.
The coup must extend to the hill.
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posted on
03/22/2009 3:55:17 PM PDT
by
bert
(K.E. N.P. +12 . John Galt hell !...... where is Francisco dÂ’Anconia)
To: EGPWS
Well. We can dream I suppose.
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posted on
03/22/2009 3:56:48 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: WellyP
What ? Any links to this ? “Cap” as in assassinate ?
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posted on
03/22/2009 4:11:18 PM PDT
by
buwaya
To: nuconvert
You’re on your own Venezuela. We’ve got a Hugo Chavez of our own.
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posted on
03/22/2009 4:21:18 PM PDT
by
VR-21
("I don't care about crime, I just want to get the guns." Senator Howard Metzenbaum)
To: nuconvert
How long before Obama follows?
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posted on
03/22/2009 4:21:57 PM PDT
by
Doctor Raoul
(New Obama Mantra, "Screw World Peace, I'll Buy You A Pony.")
To: dfwgator
"Also, the window on escaping Venezuela is closing fast."You make an excellent point, Sir, though I suspect that Chavez will gladly let you head to Miami as long as you leave your money in Caracas. Next up: serious capital controls.
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posted on
03/22/2009 4:49:06 PM PDT
by
BfloGuy
(It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we can expect . . .)
To: AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; george76; ...
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posted on
03/22/2009 5:01:52 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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