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  • First ranch seized in Venezuela

    01/08/2005 1:12:12 PM PST · by Kitten Festival · 4 replies · 224+ views
    The American Thinker ^ | Jan. 8, 2005 | A.M. Mora y Leon
    The Marxist government of Venezuela expropriated its first cattle ranch this morning, a productive 32,000-hectare estate owned by a British company. This is to be the first in a series of seizures to end in collectivization. The move echoes the seizures of lush farms of Zimbabwe by the Mugabe government, where it's now barren and people are starving. The Financial Times of the U.K. has picked up on the story, because the ranch in question is owned by a British aristocrat, who is a close friend of Prince Charles, and a tycoon in the meat industry. Lord Vestey, charmingly, is...