One of the last sectors of the Venezuelan industry still untouched by president Hugo Chavez’s 21st century revolution, the auto sector, got a blow in the groins last week when Chavez asked Japanese carmaker Toyota to build an all-terrain 4×4 vehicle, to be used by people in the country’s poor, rural ares, or face expulsion from the country.
"What’s this that Toyota doesn’t want to make the ‘rustic’ model here?" Chavez was quoted as saying by CNN at a ceremony in Caracas… (read more)