CJR//NEWSWIRES//2009//0600//jan31

-at opening of iron mine closed since 97 chavez says "needs ten more years to bring full socialist economic joy to venezuela"...when asked why it took over ten years to reopen the mine chavez remarked "what? its been closed for ten years?"

-ven leader hugo chavez warns opposition not to interrupt supply of food to stores for political reasons...store shelves in venezuela have recently been bare of basic necessities like toilet paper....when an opposition leader was asked about president chavez's warning he simply stated "mang, i hav'nt wiped my ass in 2 months, i'll vote yes on the referendum if we can just get some TP"