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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:38:07 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Ledezma inicia huelga en sede de la OEA en Caracas</title>
<description>l alcalde opositor metropolitano, Antonio Ledezma, inici&amp;oacute; el viernes una huelga de hambre en la sede de la Organizaci&amp;oacute;n de los Estados Americanos (OEA) en Caracas para que el &amp;oacute;rga...</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:12:09 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Venezuela assumes control of Spanish-owned bank</title>
<description>President Hugo Chavez's government has taken control of the nation's third largest bank, Banco de Venezuela. The government agreed in May to pay Spain's Grupo Santander more than $1 billion for the na...</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:28:38 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Venezuela takes control of Spanish-owned Banco de Venezuela, nation's third-largest bank</title>
<description>CARACAS, Venezuela  - President Hugo Chavez's government assumed control of Venezuela's third-largest bank on Friday &amp;mdash; making the state the largest player in the nation's banking system.  The pu...</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:01:37 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Venezuela to buy large share of Dominican oil refinery</title>
<description>Santo Domingo.&amp;ndash; Venezuela will pay $130 million for a 49 percent stake in Refineria Dominicana de Petroleo S. A., Diario Libre newspaper reported. According to the report, Dominican  President Leone...</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:50:11 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>U.S. envoy returns to post in Venezuela after expulsion</title>
<description>CARACAS, Venezuela -- A U.S. envoy who was expelled last year by President Hugo Chavez said Thursday he hopes to re-establish dialogue after resuming his post in Venezuela.</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:49:02 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Venezuela bans ad campaign against property law</title>
<description>CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) -- Venezuela pulled the plug on Friday on a publicity campaign against the left-wing government's proposed changes to property legislation that critics dub &quot;the Cuban...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:25:34 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Venezuela, China may sign new loan-for-oil accord, Chavez says</title>
<description>By Steven Bodzin CARACAS, Venezuela (Bloomberg) -- Venezuela and China Development Bank Corp. are discussing a third $4 billion infrastructure loan to be paid in oil, President Hugo Chavez said.</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:25:35 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Maltreatment of CARICOM citizens repugnant, says Guyana president</title>
<description>GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) -- The free movement of Caribbean nationals within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), one of the central goals of the regional integration movement, was once again brought to...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:25:32 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Commonwealth Secretary-General praises Guyana initiatives</title>
<description>GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) -- Guyana is being recognised for its many creative initiatives as it works to show how sustainable development can take place in its country and no lesser person than the Co...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:25:33 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Radio licenses to be revoked</title>
<description>CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- The head of Venezuela's telecommunications regulatory agency said Friday that 240 radio stations will have their licenses revoked for failing to update their registrations w...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:26:11 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Venezuela to Revoke Radio Licenses in Latest Shutdown</title>
<description>CARACAS, Venezuela  The head of Venezuela's telecommunications regulatory agency said Friday that 240 radio stations will have their licenses revoked for failing to update their registrations wi...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:45:29 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Venezuelan official says 240 radio stations to have licenses revoked</title>
<description>Vote      CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) &amp;mdash; The head of Venezuela's telecommunications regulatory agency said Friday that 240 radio stations will have their licenses revoked for failing to update their ...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:21:43 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>BG Int'l gets Canadian stake in Trinidad gas property</title>
<description>BG International will exercise its right to buy a 45 per cent stake in a natural gas property off the coast of Trinidad from Canadian Superior Energy Inc., the two companies announced Friday.</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:06:58 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Total CEO: 2Q Res Down On Year Due To Oil Prices</title>
<description>Total SA's (TOT)  second-quarter earnings will be lower than a year earlier due to the drop in oil  prices, Total Chairman and Chief Executive Christophe de Margerie said Friday.</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:56:34 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Maxim Announces Corporate Status and Trinidad Production</title>
<description>VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - July 3, 2009) - Maxim Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:MXM)(OTCBB:MXMSF)(FRANKFURT:M5H) announces today that negotiations with New Scotland Oil &amp;amp; Gas on the South...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:03:43 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>PetroVietnam to Set Up Oil JV for Devt Offshore Venezuela</title>
<description>State-run Vietnam Oil and Gas Group, or PetroVietnam, said Friday it will set up an oil joint venture with Venezuelan Petroleum Corp. in the second half of this year.  The joint venture, PetroMacareo,...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:35:28 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Petrominerales Moves on from Chiguiro Este-1 Well Onshore Colombia</title>
<description>(Click to Enlarge) Petrominerales announced that the Chiguiro Este-1 exploration well is to be abandoned.  Chiguiro Este-1 spudded on June 15, 2009. Drilling and logging operations were completed on J...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:35:35 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Total, CNPC Mulling Bid for Two Venezuela Oil Blocks</title>
<description>France's Total SA and state oil giant China National Petroleum Corp. plan to bid for two large oil blocks being auctioned in Venezuela instead of one they'd previously shown interest in, two people in...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:35:27 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Dominican Republic takes part in Guyana&amp;rsquo;s Caricom Conference</title>
<description>SANTO DOMINGO.- Dominican Republic participates in Caricom&amp;rsquo;s 30th Conference of Heads of State and Government which concludes July 5 in Georgetown, Guyana, where the regional bloc&amp;rsquo;s relations will...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:25:33 -0400</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.dominicantoday.com/">Dominican Today</source>
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<title>Oil prices hover above $66 a barrel</title>
<description>London &amp;amp; New York: Oil prices hovered above $66 a barrel on Friday in light holiday trading a day after grim unemployment numbers from the US and Europe sent prices tumbling. By mid-afternoon in E...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:55:01 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Trinidad flexes money muscle</title>
<description>&quot;The disparity in the economic position between Trinidad and Tobago and the rest of the Caribbean is sometime that is a source  of concern,&quot; he told parliament last month.</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:48:49 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>A's beat / Venezuela is focus this year</title>
<description>(07-02) 22:29 PDT --  Oakland set an all-time record for biggest international signing bonus last year when the team gave Dominican right-hander Michael Ynoa</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:41:43 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Oil prices tumble as Europe and the U.S. shed jobs</title>
<description>NEW YORK &amp;mdash; Oil prices tumbled to their lowest level in a month today following the release of woeful job numbers in Europe and the U.S.  Benchmark crude for August delivery fell $2.58, nearly 4 ...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:54:34 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>To Set Up Oil JV With Venezuela Co In 2nd Half</title>
<description>-(Dow Jones)- State-run Vietnam Oil and Gas Group, or PetroVietnam, said  Friday it will set up an oil joint venture with Venezuelan Petroleum Corp. in  the second half of this year.</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:21:33 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>US, Venezuela mend breach with ambassadors return</title>
<description>CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) -- The US ambassador to Venezuela has returned to Caracas, restoring diplomatic ties that were ruptured nine months ago with his expulsion in a row with President Hugo Chavez,...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:46:47 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Guyana receives international assistance in aquaculture development</title>
<description>National Aquaculture Association of Guyana members innovative farming attend a feed workshop at Maharaja Oil Mill. Aquaculture expert Kevin Fitzsimmons of the USAID AquaFish CRSP facilitated the works...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:46:46 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Venezuela sets minimum $500 million premium for oil block</title>
<description>CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) -- Venezuela will demand that oil companies pay an high premium of between $500 million and $1 billion to participate in the development of the Carabobo oil block in the O...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:46:46 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Thirtieth meeting of CARICOM heads opens in Guyana</title>
<description>GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The Thirtieth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) opened in Georgetown, Guyana, on Thursday against the backdrop of the Twentiet...</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:46:40 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>A/H1N1 flu cases exceed 100 in Colombia</title>
<description>BOGOTA, July 2 (Xinhua) -- The National Health Institute of Colombia on Thursday reported eight more cases of the A/H1N1 influenza, which brings the number of confirmed cases of the disease to 101 in ...</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:29:14 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Coup D'etat in Honduras Highlights Zelaya's Relationship with Chavez</title>
<description>The coup in Honduras that ousted President Manuel Zelaya has been widely condemned by the international community. The United States and other countries around the world are calling for his reinstatem...</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:13:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Venezuela's Political Turmoil From Journalists' Perspective</title>
<description>I just returned from a journalists' convention in San Juan, Puerto Rico where 700-plus working journalists, bloggers, students and members of higher academia took part in dozens of workshops at the Pu...</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:54:22 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Colombia-Ecuador spat worsens after judge orders arrest</title>
<description>Colombian Special Police Force arrive after fighting with leftist guerrillas   An Ecuadorean judge ordered the arrest of a former Colombian  official involved in a 2008 bombing raid carried out in Ecu...</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:48:12 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Endesa's Colombia Unit Emgesa Sells COP400 Billion In Local Bonds</title>
<description>, the statement said. The new bonds will mature in five, nine and 12 years. The five-year bonds will yield an annual fixed rate of 9.27%, below the 9.70%  the company was ready to pay. Emgesa will pay...</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:46:27 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Belarus-Venezuela Joint Venture Gets Three Oil Wells</title>
<description>An act of the Venezuelan Oil and Energy Ministry assigning three new oil wells to the Belarusian-Venezuelan joint oil extraction venture, Petrolera BeloVenesolana, has been signed in Minsk.  The corre...</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:29:43 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>&quot;We Will Never Recover Our Standard of Living&quot;</title>
<description>CARACAS, Jul 2 (IPS) - &quot;It never crossed my mind that I would have to leave my country and leave behind our farms, work, people and lifestyle. It was a life or death decision we had to take in a matte...</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:22:30 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Honduras' Interim Leader Blames Chavez</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:44:35 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>AWS Spectrum Critical for the Growth of Mobile Broadband Across the Americas According to GSMA-Backed Research</title>
<description>in terms of 3G reach according to new research conducted by Global View Partners, a US-based research firm, in partnership with the GSMA, which represents the interests of the worldwide mobile communi...</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:16:08 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Canacol Energy Ltd. Announces Award of the Pacarana TEA Located Adjacent to Its Capella Oil Discovery in Colombia</title>
<description>CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - July 2, 2009) - Canacol Energy Ltd. (&quot;Canacol&quot; or the &quot;Corporation&quot;) (TSX VENTURE:CNE) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the Pacarana Technical Evaluation...</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:11:42 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Limbo for Colombia family seeking hostage release</title>
<description>BOGOTA --  A year after Colombian military agents disguised as international aid workers helicoptered Ingrid Betancourt and three U.S. military contractors to freedom, an offer by their former leftist...</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:29:51 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Hugo Chavez is Scaring Away Talent</title>
<description>&amp;nbsp;      For just a moment, in the early days of his presidency, Venezuela's Hugo Ch&amp;aacute;vez looked almost like a healer. &quot;Let's ask for God's help to accept our differences and come together in dialogue,...</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:13:01 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Interim Honduran president accuses Venezuela of intervening affairs</title>
<description>Interim Honduran President Roberto Micheletti Wednesday accused Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez of intervening Honduras' affairs. &quot;The intervention of the government of Hugo Chavez is clear and ...</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:52:31 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Colombia reiterates support to ousted Honduran president</title>
<description>Colombia reiterated its support to ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya on Wednesday, calling him the only &quot;constitutional president of the Republic of Honduras.&quot; In a foreign ministry st...</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:52:29 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Sri Lanka raises oil prices by 11%</title>
<description>COLOMBO: Sri Lanka on Thursday raised  fuel prices by up to 11%, but the increases were still insufficient to recoup  the entire cost of production.    The higher grade 95 Octane gasoline  was increas...</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:25:29 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Chavez takes center stage in drama</title>
<description>Caracas, Venezuela &amp;raquo; An ally was in trouble, toppled in a military coup. And the television cameras were rolling.   The ousting of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya could not have been better scr...</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:22:43 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Commonwealth secretary general on four-day official visit to Guyana</title>
<description>GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma arrived in Guyana on Wednesday on a four-day official visit and is set to hold discussions with the government of Guyana, other sen...</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:52:30 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Is Chavez behind Venezuela's brain drain</title>
<description>&amp;nbsp;      For just a moment, in the early days of his presidency, Venezuela's Hugo Ch&amp;aacute;vez looked almost like a healer. &quot;Let's ask for God's help to accept our differences and come together in dialogue,...</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:44:34 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>AIG Sells Colombia Assets To Ecuador's Banco Pichincha</title>
<description>comprised 100% of Inversora  Pichincha SA and 99.98% of Interdinco SA. The U.S. company agreed to sell its  whole stakes in those companies to Banco de Pichincha and other companies, AIG  and Inversor...</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:54:50 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>AIG Closes 21st Century Insurance Sale; To Sell Consumer Finance Operations In Colombia</title>
<description>AIG ), Wednesday said it closed the sale of 21st  Century Insurance Group for $1.9 billion. The company also said it agreed to sell its consumer finance  business in Colombia for undisclosed terms.AIG...</description>
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<title>South American Oil Majors Team Up to Explore Offshore Uruguay</title>
<description>YPF SA has won a bid to explore for oil in offshore blocks near the coast of Uruguay, the company said in a statement late Wednesday.  YPF will have a 40% stake in the exploration, sharing the other 4...</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:42:44 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Venezuela deports top Mafia suspect to Italy</title>
<description>CARACAS, Venezuela --  Venezuela deported a convicted European drug trafficker dubbed the &quot;Mafia's foreign minister&quot; to Italy on Tuesday, where he has been wanted on drug smuggling charges since 2001....</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:24:26 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Venezuelan oil minister to discuss contracts in Belarus - envoy</title>
<description>Russia and Belarus signed agreement on milk supplies MINSK, July 1 (RIA Novosti) - Venezuelan Energy and Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez will visit Belarus within the next few days to sign new contracts, ...</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:48:53 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Venezuela to sell $5B in bonds to offset oil drop</title>
<description>President Hugo Chavez's government plans to use bond sales to raise more than $5 billion by September, saying the proceeds will be used to bolster the economy as falling world oil prices shrink its re...</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:39:17 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Guyana urges gold miners to restrict mercury use</title>
<description>Guyana is urging gold miners to restrict their use of mercury, which is dangerous to human health and the environment.Guyanese Prime Minister Samuel Hinds says concern about the toxin is growing as hi...</description>
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<title>Interim leader says Honduras saved from 'Chavismo'</title>
<description>By Gustavo PalenciaTEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (Reuters) -- The interim president picked to rule Honduras after the army ousted leftist President Manuel Zelaya said on Monday the coup had saved the country ...</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:10:57 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Guyana minister recommends changes to global financial infrastructure</title>
<description>GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA) -- At the United Nations (UN) Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and its Impact on Development in New York recently, Guyana's Minister of Finance, Dr Ashni...</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:10:56 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>World Bank approves forest carbon plan for Guyana</title>
<description>GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The World Bank has approved readiness plans for Guyana and Panama at the third meeting of the Participants Committee (PC) of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) held in...</description>
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<title>Consumers feel the pinch of higher oil prices</title>
<description>The fuel price hike would certainly pinch the pockets of consumers, but may not leave a lasting impact on the nation's economic recovery, according to analysts and experts. But for many like the 24-ye...</description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 21:41:16 -0400</pubDate>
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