After the cement industry, now Chavez has nationalised SIDOR
with its 15,000 workforce. This has come about thanks to the pressure of the
SIDOR workers who were able to contact Chavez directly. The decision is a
correct one. It must now be followed by a general nationalisation of the
commanding heights of the Venezuelan economy and finally complete the
revolution.
A London High Court judge on Tuesday suspended a court order
which froze 12 billion dollars (7.6 billion euros) of assets owned by Venezuela
state oil firm PDVSA in a dispute with US energy giant ExxonMobil.
On March 14 the Venezuelan National Guard arrested and
injured several SIDOR workers. The workers at SIDOR are demanding the
nationalisation of the factory under workers' control. The Minister of Labour
instead of listening to the workers is trying to break the strike, thereby
undermining the confidence of the workers in the government.