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  • Free Market Reforms Needed to Fix Venezuelas Socialist Economic Problems

    In Venezuela, the laws of supply and demand are undermining the socialist revolution started by the late President Hugo Chavez. Since Chavez's hand-picked successor Nicolas Maduro won the Venezuelan presidential election in April - by a margin of less than 2 percent - high inflation and a shortage of staple goods are now leading many on both sides of this politically-divided country to question ...

  • Five dead as police helicopter crashes in Venezuela

    CARACAS: A Venezuelan police helicopter crashed Thursday while chasing a car in which kidnappers were holding hostages, and all five people aboard the aircraft died, the police chief ...

  • A year later U.S. trade with Colombia grows while anxiety mounts

    WASHINGTON -- At the Colombian Embassy in Washington, Ambassador Carlos Urrutia says there’s no doubt that his country’s trade deal with the U.S. has paid off: Colombian businesses are sending more socks and cosmetics to California, beet sugar to New York and glass to Florida to help with hurricane repairs.U.S. officials are equally excited, saying U.S. businesses have improved ...

  • Pesky garden snails make profits in Colombia

    A retired couple in Colombia has turned their plant eaters into a thriving business that exports four tons of snail meat a month to Europe. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown ...

  • Venezuela’s Turmoil No Laughing Matter

    The repercussions from Venezuela's economic policies are providing journalists with excellent fodder for humorous headlines, replete with puns. "Venezuela's Government Moves to Relieve Toilet Paper Shortages," reads the title of an Agence France Presse story Wednesday. The "moves" were among the first taken by the country's National Assembly, which reconvened ...

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Warrior

Warrior

Its a shame that Gavin OConnors Warrior isnt doing better at the box office, because it is easily one of the best sports dramas in recent years. A frequently powerful, consistently engaging, and unexpectedly honest depiction of the decades-spanning impact of alcoholism and familial abuse, ... ...

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  • REUTERS SUMMIT-Colombia to tweak tax rules hunt foreign investors

    Thu May 23, 2013 9:21am EDT * Foreign participation in TES market is about 4.5 pct * Gov't hopes tax clarification will boost foreign interest * Official hopes Colombia reaches levels closer to Peru, Mexico By Helen Murphy and Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA, May 23 (Reuters) - Colombia hopes to attract more foreign money to its local bond market when it clarifies the text of a recent tax reform ...

  • Jamaica branch of Cuba-Venezuela cable goes live

    ALBA -1 submarine cable, which connects the island with Venezuela, according to Doug Madory of internet analysis firm Renesys. Madory told The Associated Press that he detected new traffic between state-owned telecoms monopoly Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Cuba (ETECSA) and Cable & Wireless Jamaica beginning 13 May 2013. 'They’re gaining some physical diversity there, so if ...

  • Venezuela Suffers Through Toilet Paper Shortage

    Venezuela is rich in oil, but relies on imports for many basic goods -- including toothpaste, soap and toilet paper. For weeks now the country has had a chronic toilet paper shortage. Lawmakers voted to approve a $79 million credit to the government to resolve the ...

  • Venezuela toilet paper shortage sends ordinary lives around the bend

    Venezuelans queue in Caracas to buy toilet paper. Last week the government announced an emergency shipment to boost supplies. Photograph: Jorge ...

  • Research and Markets Venezuela Refinery Market Analysis and Outlook to 2020

    "Venezuela Refinery Market Analysis and Outlook to 2020 - Drivers, Challenges, Infrastructure, Supply- demand and competitive landscape" report to their offering. Venezuela oil refining industry research work from OGAnalysis is a compulsory report for all analysts involved in the Venezuela refining sector. It provides all the key trends and analyzes the drivers and ...

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