Hugo hopes to consolidate his popular base by nationalizing Sidor and other industries. This will work for a very short while until the average worker figures out that he is worse off under the mismangement of the Socialist Bureaucrats than he ever was when his employer was in private hands. By then, of course, it will be too late. Hugo knows he needs to order arms now...so he can keep the disillusioned masses under control later...when they find out they've been had by the big Bolivarian scam. Viva Cuba! What a model to base a socio-economic system upon.