Posted on 10/22/2015 9:21:04 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Lawmakers from Venezuela’s ruling Socialist party filed treason charges Wednesday against a prominent billionaire businessman for allegedly seeking an IMF bailout for the recession-ravaged oil giant. Lorenzo Mendoza, head of Venezuelan food and beverage empire Empresas Polar, could face decades in prison if convicted of the charges, which include conspiracy and “usurpation of state functions.”
The charges were filed with prosecutors by 101 lawmakers from the 167-seat National Assembly, said deputy Pedro Carreno of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), as he presented the document.
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He’s a billionaire and the socialists are broke. Enough said.
Anyone who makes anything anyone actually wants in a communist country is a traitor to the state.
I didn’t open the article, but it reads as though they are drilling,,,, for beer?
I did not know about this.
Well, where did you think beer comes from? The tap? A brewery?
“All Venezuelans deserve to be able to express their opinions freely and without fear of intimidation.”.....Americans, not so much.
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