A man stands on the doormat outside a Banco Federal branch in Caracas
A man stands on the doormat outside a Banco Federal branch in Caracas June 14, 2010. Venezuela on Monday took over the mid-sized Banco Federal, citing liquidity problems and risk of fraud, several months after President Hugo Chavez threatened the bank for links to an anti-government TV station. Customers have limited access to their deposits on Monday, after which all operations will be frozen. One of the owners of Banco Federal is also a director of anti-Chavez TV station Globovision and the socialist president has in the past threatened to close the bank. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins (VENEZUELA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS)