Endnotes: [i]Workers of Polar Unite…In Defense of Capitalism[/i]

1. “Ficha Descriptiva de Empresas Polar,” Fundación Empresas Polar, November/December 2011, Caracas: Fundación Empresas Polar, 2011.

2. “Chávez threatens to nationalize Empresas Polar,” El Universal, June 2, 2010. www.eluniversal.com/2010/06/02/en_eco_esp_chavez-threatens-to_02A3954535.shtml (accessed July 10, 2012).

3. “Venezuela’s Chavez Orders Government Takeover of Owens-Illinois Local Unit,” Bloomberg, October 26, 2010. www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-10-26/venezuela-s-chavez-orders-government-takeover-of-owens-illinois-local-unit.html (accessed June 6, 2012).

4. “Chávez ordena expropiar un terreno de Empresas Polar ubicado en Antímano,” Noticias 24, 2011. www.noticias24.com/actualidad/noticia/188216/chavez-ordena-expropiar-un-terreno-de-empresas-polar-ubicado-en-antimano (accessed May 12, 2012).

5. Casto Ocando, “Lorenzo Mendoza: Un compromiso con Venezuela,” El Nuevo Herald, October 31, 2009. www.elnuevoherald.com/2009/10/31/578147/lorenzo-mendoza-un-compromiso.html (accessed August 8, 2011).

6. “Dice que da verguenza que trabajadores defiendan a las empresas y los llamó a la ‘guerra económica’,” Noticias 24, June 2, 2010. www.noticias24.com/actualidad/noticia/158005/chavez-dice-que-da-verguenza-que-trabajadores-defiendan-a-las-empresas-y-los-llamo-a-la-guerra-economica (accessed January 6, 2012).

7. “Planta de Polar regresa a la normalidad tran intento de ser invadida por chavistas,” Minuto 30, April 10, 2012. www.minuto30.com/?p=91509 (accessed June 6, 2012).

8. Cemex and Sidor were expropriated in 2008. Since then, there have been several strikes and stoppages organized by workers who complained of not receiving promised payments and incompliance with collective agreements, among others.

9. “Todas las empresas que ha tomado el Gobierno están quepadas,” Guia.com, 2010. (accessed June 6, 2012).

10. “Lorenzo Mendoza: Nace un ícono,” América Economía, 2011. (accessed July 18, 2012).

11. Benedict Mander. “Venezuela: Popularity helps keep Chavez at bay,” Financial Times, June 20, 2012. www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/5d7a1456-b480-11e1-bb2e-00144feabdc0.html#axzz22ojXFcOw (accessed June 22, 2012).