Construction workers are seen working in a new infrastructure at an expropriated golf field of the Caraballeda Golf & Yacht Club in Caraballeda, Venezuela February 20, 2018. REUTERS/Adriana Loureiro
CARABALLEDA, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan authorities have seized part of a coastal golf course in a move reviving memories of late leader Hugo Chavez's threats against the "bourgeoisie" but angering residents who worry officials' plan to build a school there will be abandoned.
Officials from Vargas state, located between the capital Caracas and the Caribbean, took control of the third hole of the 70-year-old Caraballeda Golf & Yacht Club a week ago and ordered that it would become the site of a school complex for 5,000 students.
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