All posts tagged "Venezuela"

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  UN agency: Economy still sliding in Latin America, Caribbean

  SANTIAGO, Chile – Plummeting economies in Venezuela and Brazil are expected to drag Latin America into negative growth again this year, the U.N.’s Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean reported Tuesday. The commission projected a...

  • Posted July 26, 2016
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  Venezuela Receives Major Loan to Boost Falling Reserves

  CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuela is getting some financial relief as it burns through foreign reserves to pay for imports of badly needed food and medicine. On Monday, the Latin American Reserve Fund said it approved a three-year-loan...

  • Posted July 26, 2016
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  Middle-Class Venezuelans Liquidate Savings to Stockpile Food

  SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela – Tebie Gonzalez and Ramiro Ramirez still have their sleek apartment, a fridge covered with souvenir magnets from vacations aboard, and closets full of name brand clothes. But they feel hunger drawing close. So...

  • Posted July 18, 2016
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  100,000 Venezuelans Cross Border Shopping for Scarce Food

  Second weekend in a row that long-closed border connecting Venezuela to Colombia is opened

  • Posted July 17, 2016
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  Analysis: Venezuelan Military Had Big Role in Economic Woes

  Maduro taps militay for Great Mission of Sovereign Supplying to boost production and guarantee distribution of food

  • Posted July 15, 2016
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  Life On the Line in Venezuela as Economic Crisis Worsens

  Average Venezuelan spends 35 hours waiting to buy basic goods each month

  • Posted July 12, 2016
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  Venezuela to Seize Kimberly-Clark Factory as Production Ends

  Maduro announced Citibank would close accounts of Central Bank in 30 days

  • Posted July 12, 2016
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  Raul Castro Says Venezuela’s Crisis Hurting Island Economy

  Cuban leader said economy grew just 1 percent in first part of the year

  • Posted July 9, 2016
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  Economic Crisis Bares Hunger Problem in Venezuela

  Suffering from severe food shortages

  • Posted July 4, 2016
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  No Food, No Teachers, Violence in Failing Venezuela Schools

  Social and economic chaos ripping apart once-enviable school system

  • Posted June 17, 2016