Hero to many leftists in Canada and the American left, Hugo Chavez is making more progressive regress today.
Chavez Orders Expropriation of Owens-Illinois
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Monday ordered the expropriation of U.S.-based glass maker Owens-Illinois Inc.‘s unit in the South American country.
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Chavez has nationalized or expropriated a wide range of companies, including cement makers, retail stores and steel mills, while seeking to lead Venezuela toward a socialist system.
But then that’s it. So don’t worry. Then he’s all done being progressive. Just steal and “nationalize” that one last company.
Oh hang on.
He said in his speech that more expropriations are planned.
“There’s another list around here,” Chavez said, but added that he would save additional announcements for later.
Save the other news for “later”. That’s literally progressive.
EXTRA CANADIAN CONTENT SOCIALISM
Asked by the Other Press back in 2007 about a speech the communist dictator Chavez gave to the United Nations, the leader of our own you’ve got to be kidding party, Jack Layton (“NDP” —wink!), answered like this:
“Some of what has happened in Venezuela, such as the fact that they have a publicly-owned oil company, are things we
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