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Sounds familiar....

1998: CHAVEZ: OIL COMPANY IS OUT OF CONTROL Venezuela's huge state oil company is feeling the wrath of Hurricane Hugo. President-elect Hugo Chavez, in stinging remarks since his triumph on Sunday, has pledged to audit its books and take more of its profits for social welfare spending.

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History repeats itself:

Stalin claimed to find conspiracies and enemies everywhere. “Kulaks” were blamed for all agricultural failures, while “wreckers” bore responsibility for industrial disasters.

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