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To: steve harris who wrote (359125)11/17/2007 5:42:18 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1573691
 
Steve, you might like this. From the NYTimes:

Chávez’s Vision Shares Wealth and Centers Power

nytimes.com

CARACAS, Venezuela, Nov. 16 — In two weeks, Venezuela seems likely to start an extraordinary experiment in centralized, oil-fueled socialism. By law, the workday would be cut to six hours. Street vendors, homemakers and maids would have state-mandated pensions. And President Hugo Chávez would have significantly enhanced powers and be eligible for re-election for the rest of his life.