Venezuela’s President Chavez warns price ‘speculators’

Venezuelans have rushed to the shops to buy imported luxury goods.

BBC NEWS – Venezuela’s President, Hugo Chavez, has said troops will seize control of any business that raise prices in response to the devaluation of its currency.

He said there was no reason for prices to go up, and speculators’ businesses would be handed over to the workers.

Venezuelans have rushed to the shops to buy imported goods before the bolivar’s devaluation comes into effect.

Mr Chavez says devaluing the bolivar by at least 17% will boost competitiveness and reduce dependence on imports.

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8 Comments

  1. Big-Bannan
    January 12, 2010

    Chavez is a Laborite. And like Charles Saverine said “Viva Hugo Chavez” These people are being robbed out of their business and there is nothing they can do about it. That is because Chvez is not even smart enough to realize they are right.

  2. only
    January 11, 2010

    Don’t use Chavez as a model. What he has is a dictatorial communistic state.

  3. wew wew wew, newsweek will be right
    January 11, 2010

    wait for it,,,,,,,,wait for it,,,,,,,,,wait for it,,,,,,,,,newsweek predicted something great for Venezuela for this year. Let’s all just wait and enjoy or not…………………………

  4. wesleyman
    January 11, 2010

    Tony Astaphans take note.

  5. Embarassed
    January 11, 2010

    this is where dominica is headed, tho this is unlikely because of the fact that the E.C dollar being shared by several other islands. But if dominica had its own currency what a low value that would have geez. But chavez is skerits role model…. single party state.

  6. chiensal
    January 11, 2010

    ITS JUST THE BEGINNING!!!

  7. Mary
    January 11, 2010

    Well Dominicians, hand over business to workers. what can of thing is that? Is that the next level for DOMIINICA?

  8. Prophet2
    January 10, 2010

    It’s downhill from here on, it’s kinda like Montserrat’s volcano, it blew so much hot air and ash and now the dome has collapse, I think they call it an implosion.

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