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Chavez Orders Army to Seize Rice Plants

Struggle over nationalization as plants fear bankruptcy

By Amelia Atlas,  Newser User

Posted Mar 1, 2009 6:27 AM CST

(Newser) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has ordered the army to seize control of the nation's rice processing plants, continuing a trend of industrial nationalization by his government, reports the BBC. Chavez accused the plants of failing to meet government price quotas for grain, intended to ensure...   Read full story »

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