Venezuela Armed Force and police corps to seize British ranch

El Universal (Venezuela) ^ | Jan. 5, 2005 | Staff

[ken21]

one thing you'all can do:

do not buy gas at citgo.

citgo is owned by the government of venezuela.

si.

they moved the headquarters last year from tulsa to houston, after they purchased citgo.

[tjwmason]

Do the Brits still have military assets in the Falklands?

It is the sovereign territory of H.M. the Queen, and therefore the inhabitants have the right to be defended by Her Majesty. Recent history suggests that others might want to take it thus H.M. Forces are deployed to ensure that safety. The British forces in the Falkland Islands have a web-site http://www.army.mod.uk/bffi/index.htm

[Eric in the Ozarks]

'bout as many years as Chavez has been in power.

[Pylot]

Chavez wrote himself a new law that allows the government to determine if a farm is "active" and to seize farms that are not active.

Its a bad mistake for a desperately poor country to nationalize another countries assets.

Now the place will descend into a form of chaos that will not end until Chavez is neutralized.

[kingsurfer]

Was that law used on this farm?

The facts I can see only show that they haave taken over land they had a large interest in.

[Pylot]

If you do a search on Chavez there is a post describing the new "inactive farm" law.

[Kitten Festival]

It is not an inactive farm - therefore Chavez is saying it is really sitting on government land, obtained illegally. That's his communist argument now.