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Viewing cable 09SAOPAULO275, MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, CHAVEZ'S

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
09SAOPAULO275 2009-05-13 10:53 2011-07-11 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Consulate Sao Paulo 
VZCZCXYZ0015
OO RUEHWEB

DE RUEHSO #0275 1331053
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 131053Z MAY 09
FM AMCONSUL SAO PAULO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 9172
INFO RHEHNSC/NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL WASHDC IMMEDIATE
RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA PRIORITY 0324
RUEHRI/AMCONSUL RIO DE JANEIRO PRIORITY 9142
 
UNCLAS SAO PAULO 000275 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE INR/R/MR; IIP/R/MR; WHA/PD 
 
DEPT PASS USTR 
 
USDOC 4322/MAC/OLAC/JAFEE 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: VENEZUELA, CHAVEZ'S 
POLICIES; SAO PAULO 
 
"Chavez takes one more step toward nationalizing the economy" 
 
Main editorial in business oriented Valor Econtmico (5-12) states: 
"...One of the indications that the oil business is not doing well 
[in Venezuela] was the nationalization of 60 contractor 
companies....As the crisis gets worse, Venezuela's 
President....increases his control over all sectors that are vital 
for the economy...Chavez is destroying democracy in his 
country....This way, the Bolivarian Socialism becomes each day more 
akin to the dictatorial regimes that destroyed the country - and it 
tends to have the same end." 
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