Edited sentence: The building had been vacant for over a year before Hugo Chavez took office.The building still does symbolize the economy of Venezuela under Chávez as it hasn't been able to fully recover to the same heights since the building was abandoned in the early 1990's.The shortage of housing is so significant that in 2007, a group of squatters occupied Centro Financiero Confinanzas, a cancelled economic center that was supposed to symbolize Venezuela's growing economy.There are currently thousands of occupants still inside of the complex today