期刊名称：Seton Hall Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations
出版年度：2007
卷号：VIII
期号：2
出版社：John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations
摘要：Last February, Hugo Chavez decreed a staged nationalization in a drive to take
over large segments of the Venezuelan economy as part of his revolutionary vision
for the country. Specifically, the Chavez government set its sights on the oil industry,
giving notice to foreign oil companies¡ªincluding US firms¡ªthat they had until June
26 to reduce their ownership in Venezuelan Orinoco Belt heavy oil field projects so
that the state could take at least a 60 percent share. This year alone, the Venezuelan
government has already formed the Venezuelan Electricity Corporation, comprised
of all state electricity utilities, to ensure state control of the electricity sector. It has
also initiated the takeover of CANTV, the country¡¯s biggest telecommunications
operator. Chavez also has threatened to nationalize Venezuela¡¯s banking sector unless
banks ¡°give priority to financing [the country¡¯s] industrial sectors.¡±1 Commenting on
his drive for ¡°21st century socialism,¡± the president said that ¡°I¡¯m not deceiving
anyone. I¡¯m only governing the country, and the country has elected me various
times. ...All of those who voted for me backed socialism, and that is where we are
heading.¡±2
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