Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez has created a fast-food restaurant chain to promote his brand of Socialism, according to a top-secret diplomatic cable released from Wikileaks in the Cablegate scandal.
The January 19 cable, reprinted by The Atlantic, discusses the December 22 opening of Arepea Socialista, a sort of Socialist answer to Capitalist fast food chains. The restaurant serves arepeas, a thick type of tortilla sandwich, for about a quarter of the price of competing commercial enterprises, using ingredients and other products from government-owned companies. The diplomat who visited the place noted the fast service, and that customers only paid for what they ate after their meal. Staff said they served some 1,200 customers a day.
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