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Chavez Not Happy With Hilton; Installs Himself At Front Desk

We’re familiar with the feeling of loving a hotel so much we’d like to move in and make it our home. And when we’re unhappy with a room or the service at a hotel we might make a complaint, leave, and remember not to return unless the situation improved. But that’s us. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has a different strategy. If he doesn’t like the hotel, he has his government take it over. (Now, why didn’t we think of that?)

Earlier this week, Chavez used a presidential decree to acquire the Hilton hotel on Margarita Island. Was he unhappy with the presidential suite? Not keen on the room service? No, as this report puts it, Chavez was unhappy with Hilton for being “cheeky.”

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