http://www.el-universal.com/2005/09/06/ccs_art_06482A.shtml
The building is nothing fancy. It mystifies me that they would seize it.
Either Chavez is crazy, picking fights with the Church when they have offered cooperation, or he is surrounded by thugs who hate the church and figure they can get away with it, or he has decided he can begin to intimidate the church with impunity. Or, obviously, all of the above.
I note that in the same issue of El Universal they quote FARC as declaring war on religious leaders, calling on their people to murder any in their areas of operation without claiming credit for the hit.
Chavez is surrounded by thugs, there's no question about that. They are lining their pockets with all sort of scams while the 'great leader' is given assurances 24/7 that all is fine and dandy. He is kept in a bubble with heavy doses of Lithium; trusts no one; does not dare to walk among the people any longer... The USA should do well in revoking all tourist visas to notorious chavistas; their ill aqcquired properties in Florida and other places must be confiscated and bank accounts freezed. When that happens, they'll turn back and bite Chavez in the bollocks and, without a doubt, will kick him out of office for whatever they say, they just die to go spend their fortunes up north. The US can turn them against Chavez, quite simple if you ask me, alas policy towards Venezuela appears to be designated and implemented by Liberal idiots who love the prospect of propping up another Castro just for the sake of given the finger to the Republicans. Sheer stupidity and outright treason, that's what it is.