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Weekly Report - 19 March 2009 (ISSN 1741-7422)
VENEZUELA: Chávez centralises power
President Hugo Chávez announced the transferral of the administration
of Venezuela's ports and airports from state governments to the national
government this week. He ordered the navy to take over three ports - all in
states controlled by the opposition. The move comes days after Chávez sent in
the military to seize selected privately owned rice-processing factories deemed
to be flouting government price controls and quotas [WR-09-10].
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