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<description><![CDATA[Venezuela's government will pay a fair price for an expropriated steel company taken over by the state, a government official said Wednesday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/31/14836474-venezuela-official-govt-to-pay-for-steel-maker</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/31/14836474-venezuela-official-govt-to-pay-for-steel-maker</guid><category>venezuela</category><category>world-news</category><category>expropriation</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:42:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Chavez orders more land taken from British firm</title>
<description><![CDATA[Venezuela's president on Sunday ordered the expropriation of 716,590 acres belonging to a British-owned company amid a disagreement over compensation for earlier takeovers of ranchland from the firm.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/30/8550965-chavez-orders-more-land-taken-from-british-firm</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/10/30/8550965-chavez-orders-more-land-taken-from-british-firm</guid><category>venezuela</category><category>hugo-chavez</category><category>world-news</category><category>expropriation</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 21:11:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Hugo Chavez defends state takeovers of apartments</title>
<description><![CDATA[Facing a wave of criticism from business leaders, President Hugo Chavez is defending his order for government officials to seize control of residential complexes.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Toothaker]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Christopher Toothaker]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/08/5426440-hugo-chavez-defends-state-takeovers-of-apartments</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/08/5426440-hugo-chavez-defends-state-takeovers-of-apartments</guid><category>venezuela</category><category>hugo-chavez</category><category>world-news</category><category>expropriation</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Mon, 8 Nov 2010 04:01:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9e110cb1-4169-4a05-baf3-55cb657c869b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="245" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9e110cb1-4169-4a05-baf3-55cb657c869b.jpg" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Owners of apartments in the Miravila residential complex sit outside their buildings after Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez announced its temporary occupation in the suburb of Guarenas in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday Nov. 1, 2010. Chavez ordered Sunday the expropriation of six residential complexes and what he called &quot;the temporary occupation&quot; of eight other gated communities, which he argues would allow the consumer protection agency to verify complaints that construction companies are illegally charging buyers high interest on unfinished apartments. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a6be8218-546d-4728-9f5c-21271e160134.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a6be8218-546d-4728-9f5c-21271e160134.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Owners of apartments at the Miravila housing complex raise their hands to show who will stay on the property to help avoid unfinished buildings from being taken over by squatters after Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez announced its temporary occupation in the suburb of Guarenas in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday Nov. 1, 2010. Chavez ordered Sunday the expropriation of six residential complexes and what he called &quot;the temporary occupation&quot; of eight other gated communities, which he argues would allow the consumer protection agency to verify complaints that construction companies are illegally charging buyers high interest on unfinished apartments. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Venezuelan steel maker to challenge state takeover</title>
<description><![CDATA[Venezuela's largest privately owned steel producer vowed Monday to challenge President Hugo Chavez's order to expropriate its assets even as soldiers arrived to oversee the takeover.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Toothaker]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Christopher Toothaker]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/31/5385810-venezuelan-steel-maker-to-challenge-state-takeover</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/31/5385810-venezuelan-steel-maker-to-challenge-state-takeover</guid><category>business</category><category>venezuela</category><category>hugo-chavez</category><category>world-news</category><category>expropriation</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2010 23:17:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/28f8ca8c-094c-4263-a31b-b3e67eefbc8e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="323" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/28f8ca8c-094c-4263-a31b-b3e67eefbc8e.jpg" width="120" height="190" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez drinks coffee prior to a joint press conference with Portugal's Prime Minister Jose Socrates, not seen, in Viana do Castelo shipyard, Portugal, Sunday Oct. 24, 2010. Chavez is on an two day visit to Portugal. (AP Photo/Paulo Duarte)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/24cec2ff-3127-4793-8771-9fb516704c66.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/24cec2ff-3127-4793-8771-9fb516704c66.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;National Guard soldiers stand guard in a steel factory run by Sidetur, Siderurgica del Turbio SA, as a worker holds a Venezuelan flag in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday Nov. 1, 2010.   Chavez ordered the expropriation of Venezuela's largest privately owned steel producer on Sunday, saying it is part of his strategy to transform Venezuela into a socialist state. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/8713acc7-6241-4df0-84b7-77cbcd621ccb.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="228" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8713acc7-6241-4df0-84b7-77cbcd621ccb.jpg" width="120" height="69" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Employees of steel maker Sidetur, Siderurgica del Turbio SA, protest against its expropriation by the government in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday Nov. 1, 2010. The signs read in Spanish &quot;We want to work,&quot; left, and &quot;Expropriation equals more unemployment.&quot;  Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez ordered the expropriation of Venezuela's largest privately owned steel producer on Sunday, saying it is part of his strategy to transform Venezuela into a socialist state. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/878e0c2a-ce60-4082-91aa-f687c4ca2d58.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="254" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/878e0c2a-ce60-4082-91aa-f687c4ca2d58.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;National Guard soldiers stand guard at the entrance to steel maker Sidetur, Siderurgica del Turbio SA, as workers stand behind in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday Nov. 1, 2010. Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez ordered the expropriation of Venezuela's largest privately owned steel producer on Sunday, saying it is part of his strategy to transform Venezuela into a socialist state. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9e110cb1-4169-4a05-baf3-55cb657c869b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="245" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9e110cb1-4169-4a05-baf3-55cb657c869b.jpg" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Owners of apartments in the Miravila residential complex sit outside their buildings after Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez announced its temporary occupation in the suburb of Guarenas in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday Nov. 1, 2010. Chavez ordered Sunday the expropriation of six residential complexes and what he called &quot;the temporary occupation&quot; of eight other gated communities, which he argues would allow the consumer protection agency to verify complaints that construction companies are illegally charging buyers high interest on unfinished apartments. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/a6be8218-546d-4728-9f5c-21271e160134.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/a6be8218-546d-4728-9f5c-21271e160134.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Owners of apartments at the Miravila housing complex raise their hands to show who will stay on the property to help avoid unfinished buildings from being taken over by squatters after Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez announced its temporary occupation in the suburb of Guarenas in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday Nov. 1, 2010. Chavez ordered Sunday the expropriation of six residential complexes and what he called &quot;the temporary occupation&quot; of eight other gated communities, which he argues would allow the consumer protection agency to verify complaints that construction companies are illegally charging buyers high interest on unfinished apartments. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/795e5894-0ccb-4334-8f8a-3213f427da83.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="243" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/795e5894-0ccb-4334-8f8a-3213f427da83.jpg" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Employees of steel maker Sidetur, Siderurgica del Turbio SA, stand inside the factory in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Nov. 1, 2010. Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez ordered the expropriation of Venezuela's largest privately owned steel producer on Sunday, saying it is part of his strategy to transform Venezuela into a socialist state. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Farm supply business expropriated in Venezuela</title>
<description><![CDATA[Venezuelan government officials took over management of a leading farm supply business Tuesday after President Hugo Chavez ordered the company to be expropriated.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/04/5228985-farm-supply-business-expropriated-in-venezuela</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/04/5228985-farm-supply-business-expropriated-in-venezuela</guid><category>business</category><category>venezuela</category><category>hugo-chavez</category><category>world-news</category><category>expropriation</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Mon, 4 Oct 2010 22:28:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ac6289b7-e613-49b3-91c5-3939705f4d04.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="395" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ac6289b7-e613-49b3-91c5-3939705f4d04.jpg" width="120" height="156" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez gestures during a news conference with foreign media at Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday Sept. 27, 2010. Chavez lost the two-thirds majority in the National Assembly as his opponents made gains in congressional elections Sunday. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Venezuela expropriates Mexican-owned food company</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Hugo Chavez's government ordered the expropriation Thursday of a Mexican-owned food company that is one of the largest operating in Venezuela.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fabiola Sanchez]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Fabiola Sanchez]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/13/4279142-venezuela-expropriates-mexican-owned-food-company</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/13/4279142-venezuela-expropriates-mexican-owned-food-company</guid><category>business</category><category>venezuela</category><category>hugo-chavez</category><category>expropriation</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 17:59:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/056788bb-b612-4d7f-960b-5aeea5b4b6ec.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="507" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/056788bb-b612-4d7f-960b-5aeea5b4b6ec.jpg" width="120" height="152" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Venezuelas President Hugo Chavez speaks during a signing agreement ceremony in Caracas, Wednesday, May 12, 2010. Venezuela's government signed agreements with foreign oil companies that will lead to some $40 billion in investments in oil projects. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Venezuela seizes top food producer's property</title>
<description><![CDATA[A mayor loyal to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has ordered the expropriation of property owned by the country's largest food producer.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/11/4007304-venezuela-seizes-top-food-producers-property</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/11/4007304-venezuela-seizes-top-food-producers-property</guid><category>business</category><category>venezuela</category><category>hugo-chavez</category><category>expropriation</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:28:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Venezuela's Chavez seizes French-owned retailer</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Hugo Chavez signed a decree to expropriate a French-owned retail chain Wednesday, accusing the retailer of improperly raising prices and hoarding goods after Venezuela devalued its currency.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fabiola Sanchez]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Fabiola Sanchez]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/17/3770891-venezuelas-chavez-seizes-french-owned-retailer</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/17/3770891-venezuelas-chavez-seizes-french-owned-retailer</guid><category>business</category><category>venezuela</category><category>hugo-chavez</category><category>expropriation</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:21:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/93df233c-4564-47b8-b4fa-044f24f3ada2.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/93df233c-4564-47b8-b4fa-044f24f3ada2.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Pedestrians walk near the still under construction Sambil shopping mall in Caracas, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. Days after President Hugo Chavez announced plans to expropriate a chain of french-owned supermarkets, Pro-Chavez lawmakers in the National Assembly have declared the Sambil shopping mall a &quot;public utility, thus paving the way for expropriation. (AP Photo/Leonardo Ramírez)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Chavez orders expropriation of Cargill rice plant</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Hugo Chavez ordered the expropriation of a rice-processing plant in Venezuela owned by American food giant Cargill Inc. on Wednesday because the company allegedly was not distributing rice at prices imposed by the government.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christopher Toothaker]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Christopher Toothaker]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/05/2508310-chavez-orders-expropriation-of-cargill-rice-plant</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/05/2508310-chavez-orders-expropriation-of-cargill-rice-plant</guid><category>business</category><category>venezuela</category><category>hugo-chavez</category><category>expropriation</category><category>lt</category><pubDate>Thu, 5 Mar 2009 11:42:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f9c6f628-1719-4606-85f4-9fa2751e5c64.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="476" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f9c6f628-1719-4606-85f4-9fa2751e5c64.jpg" width="120" height="143" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo relased by Miraflores Press Office, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez holds a national flag during good bye ceremony to then crew of the shool sailboat &quot;Simon Bolivar&quot; at L aGuaira port near to Caracas, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009. (AP Photo/Miraflores Press Office, Juan Carlos Solorzano) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Chavez grabs oil field to fund anti-US campaign</title>
<description><![CDATA[Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez yesterday seized control of a French-run oil field, strengthening his control of the country's vast oil wealth, the lifeblood of his "Bolivarian Revolution".]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[madbaddangerous2know]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[madbaddangerous2know]]></source><link>http://thedaily.newsvine.com/_news/2006/04/04/156342-chavez-grabs-oil-field-to-fund-anti-us-campaign</link><guid>http://thedaily.newsvine.com/_news/2006/04/04/156342-chavez-grabs-oil-field-to-fund-anti-us-campaign</guid><category>france</category><category>venezuela</category><category>cuba</category><category>chavez</category><category>corruption</category><category>theft</category><category>total</category><category>world-news</category><category>castro</category><category>socialism</category><category>bolivar</category><category>nationalization</category><category>expropriation</category><pubDate>Tue, 4 Apr 2006 18:54:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>