Hugo Chavez declares war on English language

President Hugo Chavez’s government is taking its battle against U.S. “imperialism” into Venezuelans’ vocabulary, urging state phone company workers to eschew English-language business and tech terms that have crept into the local vernacular.
Through a campaign launched Monday, newly nationalized CANTV hopes to wean employees and others from words like “staff” (”equipo”), “marketing” (”mercadeo”) and “password” (”contraseña”).
Stickers and banners printed up by the company exhort Venezuelans to “Say it in Spanish. Say it with pride.”