“I do not believe that it was a mistake to privatize CANTV. On the contrary, it was the right thing to do, because the State in 1991 got rid of an operation that was not efficient and-definitely-the quality of service that we perceive today from the private CANTV is far better than that offered by that state owned CANTV”
Who said this?
a) The President of CANTV
b) The President of the Caracas Stock Exchange
c) Some loser leader of the opposition
d) A Wall Street Analyst
e) Someone that just does not “get” the revolution
The Answer?
This was said in 2001 by the then Head of the Telecom Regulator CONATEL Jesse Chacon, who coincidentally was being sworn in as Minister of Telecommunications on the day that the autocrat announced that he would nationalize CANTV. Chacon will also assume the position of Head of CONATEL, which is being absorbed by the Ministry in another dissapearance of an “independent” institution. CXhacon has not changed his mind, you just don’t argue with the all-knowing autocrat/dictator..
The Devil's Excrement 
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