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Ch�vez tackles housing crisis by urging poor to squat wealthy parts of Caracas | World news | The Guardian

28.1.11

Ch�vez tackles housing crisis by urging poor to squat wealthy parts of Caracas | World news | The Guardian: "Hugo Ch�vez has sent out troops to take over farms and urged the poor to occupy 'unused' land in wealthy areas of Caracas, prompting a wave of squats that is rattling Venezuela's middle class.

The move by Venezuela's president to step up the campaign to 'recover' land and other property follows a housing crisis that has left millions of people in shabby conditions and affected his popularity in the run-up to next year's election.

Squatters wearing red T-shirts from Ch�vez's socialist party seized 20 spaces in a co-ordinated strike in the well-off Caracas municipality of Chacao last weekend, a move which shocked even some government supporters. Additional groups have targeted other cities."


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