Chavez seizes tree plantation
HUGO Chavez, president of Venezuela, has seized control of a foreign-owned eucalyptus plantation, vowing to clear the trees and use the land for other crops as he seeks to tighten state control over food production.
The socialist leader's move on the plantation, owned by the Irish cardboard firm Smurfit Kappa, came days after he took over a rice mill run by US food giant Cargill.
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