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Venezuela's President orderes "occupation" of a chain of electronic goods stores CARACAS, Muharram 6, 1435, Nov 9, 2013, SPA -- Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has ordered the "occupation" of a chain of electronic goods stores in a crackdown
store, 500-employee Daka chain have been arrested, and the company will now be forced to sell products at "fair prices," Reuters cited Maduro as saying late on Friday. State media showed soldiers in one Daka shop checking the price tags on large flat-screen TVs. And hundreds of bargain-hunters flocked to Daka stores on Saturday morning to take advantage of the new, cheaper prices. "We're doing this for the good of the nation," said Maduro, 50, who accuses wealthy businessmen and right-wing political opponents backed by the United States of waging an economic "war" against him. "I've ordered the immediate occupation of this chain to offer its products to the people at fair prices, everything. Let nothing remain in stock ... We're going to comb the whole nation in the next few days. This robbery of the people has to stop." The measure, which comes after weeks of warnings from the government of a pre-Christmas push against private businesses to keep prices down, recalled the sweeping takeovers during the 14-year rule of Maduro's predecessor Hugo Chavez. -- SPA 18:17 LOCAL TIME 15:17 GMT تغريد
