Venezuela’s Chavez says houses and inns on idyllic Caribbean island to be expropriated
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced Thursday that his government will expropriate homes on the Caribbean resort islands of Los Roques, saying the structures were built on plots bought in shadowy business deals. Chavez has nationalized hundreds of privately owned companies since taking office in 1999, but this is the first time he has targeted private homes for …
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Venezuela’s Chavez says houses and inns on idyllic Caribbean island to be expropriated