Chavez nationalizes Bank of Venezuela/Chavez nacionalizará el Banco de Venezuela

Leftist President Hugo Chavez said he will nationalize the Bank of Venezuela, one of the country's largest, and has asked the bank's Spanish owners, Grupo Santander, for a meeting to set a price for the deal. "We're going to nationalize Bank of Venezuela. I'm calling on (Grupo Santander) to come and start negotiating," Chavez said Thursday in a speech on television and radio ( full information)/El presidente venezolano, Hugo Chávez, anunció hoy que nacionalizará el Banco de Venezuela, uno de los mayores del país y propiedad del grupo español Santander, para lo cual pidió a sus dueños reunirse para fijar un precio ( información completa)