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Judi Lynn

(160,545 posts) Fri Dec 18, 2015, 11:27 PM Dec 2015

Venezuelan Workers Protest Amid Privatization Fears

Venezuelan Workers Protest Amid Privatization Fears
Published 17 December 2015

Venezuelan workers say they fear an opposition controlled National Assembly could seek to privatize key industries.

Venezuelan workers protested Thursday against proposed privatization of state assets.

Thousands rallied in Caracas, amid growing fears the right-wing political coalition, the Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) could push for mass privatizations when it takes control of the National Assembly (AN) next month.

Since the MUD won a supermajority in the AN elections on Dec. 6, right-wing leaders haven't presented a clear economic agenda. However, in the past, many key figures in the MUD have backed privatizations, and since the elections various individual MUD spokespeople have expressed their intention to privatize key services.

The latest protests against the MUD on Thursday centered around fears a MUD controlled AN could seek to privatize the National Electric Corporation (Corpoelec).

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http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Venezuelan-Workers-Protest-Amid-Privatization-Fears-20151217-0041.html

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Venezuelan Workers Protest Amid Privatization Fears (Original Post) Judi Lynn Dec 2015 OP

More propaganda bs from Telesur. Not surprised n/t Marksman_91 Dec 2015 #1

The Venezuelan people would be way ahead COLGATE4 Dec 2015 #2

Marksman_91

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1. More propaganda bs from Telesur. Not surprised n/t

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Sat Dec 19, 2015, 12:20 AM

Dec 2015

COLGATE4

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2. The Venezuelan people would be way ahead

Reply to Marksman_91 (Reply #1)

Sat Dec 19, 2015, 12:40 AM

Dec 2015

if some of this were accurate. For example, the best thing that could happen to the national electric sector would be if it were privatized (as was scheduled to happen in the late 90's. The first effort in this sense was privatization of the shockingly inadequate electric generation and distribution for Margarita island, an important tourist destination. Once privatized Margarita had cheap and reliable electricity for the first time in its history. Other areas were scheduled to follow the national plan, but then Chavez became president. He promptly expropriated the Margarita Island electric system and then let the rest of the national grid go to hell for lack of maintenance and investment.

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