In other words, the rich are used to robbing the whole country blind, and have no intention of letting Mr. Chavez change that by one iota. My, it all sounds so familiar, doesn't it? Latin America is drenched in the blood of peasants, workers, and reformist Catholic priests who have tried to do something about it and paid the final price for their democratic notions of human equality.

For "business community" in Venezuela, just substitute "gang of thieves".

Hesperis - the url for the Toronto Star article is a big one. It's: http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1018866032676&call_page=TS_News&call_pageid=968332188492&call_pagepath=News/News

- LH