From: Rakesh Bhandari (rakeshb@STANFORD.EDU)
Date: Tue Dec 30 2003 - 13:45:38 EST
>--On Monday, December 29, 2003 7:41 AM -0800 Rakesh Bhandari ><rakeshb@STANFORD.EDU> wrote: > >... >>We do know that he fired 18,000 workers (!)in name of >>their all being stooges of the imperialists. > >What's your source that these were 100% 'workers', not middle managers and >exec.'s? > >Paul > Paul, I'm sure that not all the people fired by Lt. Col. Hugo Chavez were labourers. I think Michael L. suggested that most however were technicians. Despite the good fortune of strong oil prices for this rentier state, even the official unemployment rate had increased under the Lt.Col's rule--electorally maintained, to be sure, but then so was the rule of Fujimori and Menem. Rakesh
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Fri Jan 02 2004 - 00:00:01 EST