Comrade Chavez Seizes Food In Venezuela
January 24th, 2008 | by Sqotty |It’s been awhile since I have had anything to write about Comrade Hugo Chavez, the Thief of Caracas. He has made the news in a big way today by delivering up on threats made last year to nationalize food distribution in Venezuela.
From TV One News:
Venezuela’s top food company has accused troops of illegally seizing more than 500 tonnes of food from its trucks as part of President Hugo Chavez’s campaign to stem shortages.
The leftist Chavez this week created a state food distributor and loosened some price controls, seeking to end months of shortages for staples like milk and eggs that have caused long lines and upset his supporters in the OPEC nation.
According to Chavez and the hard-left, including leftists in America (especially those Hollywood elites), government seizure of private property is considered to be an improvement on “freedom.” Maybe I am unclear on the concept, but I always thought that governments that embraced freedom didn’t use their armed forces to commit acts of thuggery. That is left to totalitarian regimes like Cuba. But then Chavez wants to turn Venezuela into another Cuba, so I shouldn’t be surprised that he is following in Castro’s footsteps.
Jose Anzola, a director of food company Alimentos Polar, told reporters that troops stopped 27 of its trucks over the last three days and described the seizures as “illegal, arbitrary and irresponsible.”
Troops said they halted the transport of 350 tonnes of food to states along the Colombian border on suspicion of smuggling, he said. Another 165 tonnes were impounded in an eastern state on accusations of hoarding, he added.
The reason why there are food shortages in Venezuela is because of State imposed price controls that make it extremely difficult for producers and distributors to make a living. If you take away a company’s ability to make a profit on a given set of products, where is the incentive for it to continue to produce such products? Venezuela, and specifically the regime of Comrade Hugo Chavez, is the cause of any and all food shortages in Venezuela. The heavy-handed use of military force against private business will further acerbate the problems in Venezuela.
Polar’s Anzola is right when he describes the acts of confiscation as being “illegal.” IN any free country such acts would be condemned without hesitation.
But then Venezuela is no longer truly a free country, so why be surprised by such heavy-handed tactics by Comrade Chavez.?
It looks as though Chavez is making good on his threats to confiscate private business in Venezuela, expanding the trend from oil, energy and communications to food supplies, continuing on his march to communism.
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