Barack Obama is most envious...
Nov 14 (Reuters)
– Venezuela’s socialist government has arrested more than 100
“bourgeois” businessmen in a crackdown on alleged price-gouging at
hundreds of shops and companies since the weekend, President Nicolas
Maduro said on Thursday.
“They are barbaric, these capitalist parasites!” Maduro thundered in
the latest of his lengthy daily speeches. “We have more than 100 of the
bourgeoisie behind bars at the moment.”
The successor to the late Hugo Chavez also said his government was
preparing a law to limit Venezuelan businesses’ profits to between 15
percent and 30 percent.
Officials say unscrupulous companies have been hiking prices of
electronics and other goods more than 1,000 percent. Critics say failed
socialist economic policies and restricted access to foreign currency
are behind Venezuela’s runaway inflation.
“Goodyear has to lower its prices even more, 15 percent is not
enough, the inspectors have go there straightaway,” Maduro said in his
evening address, sending officials to check local operations of the
U.S.-based tire manufacturer.
No comments:
Post a Comment