VENEZUELA: Chavez Twitters plan to nationalise university

Leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced last Tuesday night on his Twitter account his plans to nationalise a private university, writes Javier Mines for BNO News.

"I inform, attention Barinas, students of the Univ Santa Inés, I have just approved the nationalisation plan, for the good of all. Now: FOR FREE," said the Twitter message. The government had banned the operation of the Santa Ines University because it "did not meet the legal and ethical requirements to establish and sustain a private university," according to the Venezuelan government.
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