gtZip wrote:He made it better for impoverished Consumers.
If you were a producer, he took your property and nationalized it.
But as long as you get your free cupcake and cell phone, who cares about the other people, right?
From what I've read, he only nationalized the Heinz plantation because the company abandoned it, leaving thousands unemployed.
He stated that the oil belongs to the people of Venezuela, but he didn't nationalize it.
He just raised the royalty rate paid by the oil companies from 1% to 16%.
People (US Corporate / oil interests) try to make Chavez out to be like Fidel Castro, when in reality he was not.
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