Life in Venezuela is going from bad to worse.
Life in Venezuela Venezuela (vĕnəzwā`lə, Span. vānāswā`lä), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, republic (2005 est. pop. 25,375,000), 352,143 sq mi (912,050 sq km), N South America. is going from bad to worse. Having recently
seized seized (seised) n. 1) having ownership, commonly used in wills as "I give all the property of which I die seized as follows:...." 2) having taken possession of evidence for use in a criminal prosecution. 3) having taken property or a person by force. (See: seisin, seizure) the last of his country's private oil fields This list of oil fields includes major fields of the past and present. The list is incomplete; there are more than 40,000 oil and gas fields of all sizes in the world[1]. , Hugo Chavez is
now moving in force against Venezuela's farmers. They have long had
to contend with squatters who assemble on their land and burn their
crops as an intimidation tactic. Now they must also cope with the army
commando commando, small, elite military raiding and assault unit or soldier. Although the word was coined in the Boer War (1899–1902), the role is as old as battles themselves. In 1940, when the British organized a number of such units, the term came into wide use. units Chavez is sending in to help the squatters build
socialist cooperatives on the land they do not own. In other news,
Chavez has announced that he will not renew the license of a TV station
that opposes his government. One blow against property rights; another
against free speech. Thus is democracy felled.
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