(T)Hugo Chavez, all-but-declared-president-for-life of Venezuela, has ordered his military to seize control of all ports and airports in the country. Or at least all of those located in states with opposition leaders.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has ordered his military to seize all major ports and airports, and threatened opposition governors with arrest if they resisted the move.
“We are going to recover the ports and airports of the republic, no matter what opposition,” he said Sunday during his weekly television broadcast.
Chavez said he had told the commander of the navy to take the northeastern Port Cabello this week, and warned that the governor for that region, Enrique Salas, “will be arrested” if he makes good on a vow to use police to block the confiscation.
The president said he had also ordered the military to take the ports of Maracaibo and Nueva Esparta, in regions also controlled by opposition governors.
I am not seeing this on the news aggregators I normally use yet. Not a good sign for Venezuela. Especially since the law passed by their legislature to allows this is against Venezuela’s constitution. Where would they get the idea to pass an unconstitutional law?
Banana republics, they’re everywhere.
The article I read (Fox) said he’s blocking the opposition’s governors from collecting tariffs and he’s also raised sales tax.
Presidente Chaves, you have white stuff on your nose.