In April 2008, former
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez dispatched Justice Ministry officials
to visit counterparts in the Chinese technology hub of Shenzhen. Their
mission, according to a member of the Venezuela delegation, was to learn
the workings of China’s national identity card program.
Chávez,
a decade into his self-styled socialist revolution, wanted help to
provide ID credentials to the millions of Venezuelans who still lacked
basic documentation needed for tasks like voting or opening a bank
account. Once in Shenzhen, though, the Venezuelans realized a card could
do far more than just identify the recipient.
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