Chavez calls time on alcohol
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June 13, 2010, Sunday
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PRESIDENT Hugo Chavez says he wants Venezuelans to stop drinking so much, and he has ordered the military to crack down on businesses selling beer on the streets or after legal hours.
Chavez said his government is considering raising taxes on alcohol and cigarettes. Venezuelans' taste for beer and whisky is an irritation to the president, and he raised liquor and cigarette taxes three years ago while calling for similar measures -- to little effect.
"Armed forces: Any truck that goes around selling beer in the barrios, they must be caught," Chavez said in a televised speech.
"And not only trucks. There are liquor stores open at any hour where people can go and buy liquor. What is that?
"Is this a brothel or something? Venezuela is no brothel!" he said.
Chavez has long been concerned about people drinking. He said he's not being prudish about booze, but that "everything has its limits, and they've been lost here."
Chavez said his government is considering raising taxes on alcohol and cigarettes. Venezuelans' taste for beer and whisky is an irritation to the president, and he raised liquor and cigarette taxes three years ago while calling for similar measures -- to little effect.
"Armed forces: Any truck that goes around selling beer in the barrios, they must be caught," Chavez said in a televised speech.
"And not only trucks. There are liquor stores open at any hour where people can go and buy liquor. What is that?
"Is this a brothel or something? Venezuela is no brothel!" he said.
Chavez has long been concerned about people drinking. He said he's not being prudish about booze, but that "everything has its limits, and they've been lost here."
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