Chavez seizes land for flood victims

The President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, says his government plans to seize private lands to house people left homeless by the worst flooding in the country in 40 years.



Chavez says he would personally lead the effort to relocate some of the 70,000 people driven from their homes.



According to him, the government would build houses on a 36 hectare lot near Caracas airport and relax rules governing the construction of houses in a national park.