Friday, May 22, 2009 Is the chavismo a form of extreme statism? (Chronology of estatizaciones: 2007-2008) The chronology of the process of nationalizations is the following one (according to EFE): 2007 - February. - The government signs the purchase of the electrical company Seneca and 82.14% of “Electricity of Caracas”, both controlled by American capital. - 1 May. - State Petróleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) symbolically takes the control from the petroliferous fields of Faja of the Orinoco, with reserves considered in 316.000 million barrels, after deciding the creation mixed companies with state majority. - May. - The government nationalizes the National Anonymous Company of Telephones of Venezuela (CANTV). In addition, he elevates to 92.98% the state participation in “Electricity of Caracas” with a takeover. - 26 June. - The Americans Exxon Mobil and ConocoPhilips reject to form a mixed company with shareholder majority of PDVSA in Faja of the Orinoco and initiate a litigation against the Venezuelan Government. 2008 - January. - Thirty and two oil fields of Faja of the Orinoco happen officially to state control. - 14 March. - Nationalization of a refrigerating chain and the company Lácteos The $andes to guarantee the “nourishing sovereignty”. - 3 April. - Hugo Chavez announces that all the cementera industry” of the country will nationalize “. - 9 April. - Chávez orders the nationalization of the Sidor iron and steel, of the group ítalo-Argentinean Ternium Techint. - 31 July. - Chávez announces that it will nationalize the Bank of Venezuela, branch of the Santander Spanish (decision who was then congealed). - 18-19. - The Government decides to buy the French cementera Lafarge and Holcim Swiss (by 552 million dollars and 267 million, respectively) and to expropriate the branch of Cemex. Not yet one has reached an agreement with Cemex. - 27 August. - Approved a law that nationalizes the internal fuel transport, del that PDVSA already controlled 49%. - 5 November. - The Government announces the nationalization in the 2009 of the gold mine “Cristinas”, exploded from 2002 by the Canadian company Crystallex. 2009 - 28 February. - The Government orders the intervention and military control of rice companies which he blames of the desabastecimientos. The main one affected is Foods Polar. - 4 March. - Chávez orders to expropriate the plants processors of rice of the American company Cargill, to which it accuses “to break” the law of food production with controlled prices. - 6 March. - Intervention of 1,500 hectares of territories of the multinational Irish wastebasket Smurfit Kappa, “to seed caraotas (kidney beans) maize, sorghum, yucca, yam”. - 15 March. - Chávez orders the military taking of the ports of Maracaibo and Port Hair, before the resistance of the regional authorities to transfer its management to the central power. - 18 March. - The mayorship of Caracas signs a friendly agreement of evacuation of a Cocaine lot Tail-Femsa. - 26 March. - Chávez announces that the Airmail airline, taken part November of 2008, will become company of “social property”. - 8 May. - Nationalization of 60 companies of complementary oil activities (water transport, injection, steam or gas) in the lake of Maracaibo (the West). - 10 May. - President Chávez to expropriate 10,000 hectares of large estates to foment the food production. - 13 May. - Chávez announces that the 22 of May a “global document” with the Santander Group will be signed to nationalize the Bank of Venezuela. - 15 May. - The Venezuelan Government initiated the “temporary occupation”, by 90 days, of a producing plant of grazes of the transnational Cargill American. -21 May. - Chávez announced the nationalization of four briqueteras companies, Matesi, Comsigua, Orinoco Iron, Venprecar, and one manufacturer of steel tubes without seam, with Japanese, Mexican, European and Australian capitals. - The Venezuelan president headed the act of taking of control of the “Compressing Gas Plant PIGAP II”, expropriated to the American company/signature Williams Inc. Companies Published by Profeballa in 12:41 p.m. Labels: Freedom liberalism and abierta society, political Favoritism and/or institutions, chavista socialist Project (1999-), Chavista socialist Project (1999-) ACTION WITH NUMBERS