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The oil giant recently sent a technical team to survey the Cerro Negro heavy-oil project that it operated until 2007 when Hugo Chávez nationalized much of the country’s energy infrastructure.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Congress nationalized passenger and baggage screening at airports two months after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Years later, Chávez nationalized dozens of oil companies, including some U.S. firms.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026

It backtracked on creating a nationalized database, removed the requirements of principal address and physical SSN card, and updated the law to include mobile driver’s licenses that can be displayed digitally on cell phones.

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026

He had reduced private ownership of land, nationalized certain sectors of the economy, pioneered rapid industrialization, democratized education, and built a modem army.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela