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World oil prices fall to near US$53 a barrel Print E-mail
Monday, 01 December 2008
Oil prices fell to near US$53 a barrel in Asia yesterday after OPEC declined to cut production at an informal meeting in Cairo on Saturday.Light, sweet crude for January delivery was down US$1.19 to U...
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Crisis mundial causa recorte en presupuesto de Trinidad y Tobago Print E-mail
Monday, 01 December 2008
PUERTO ESPAÑA -- La caída en los precios mundiales de los combustibles ha obligado a Trinidad y Tobago a posponer la construcción de escuelas y hospitales nuevos, anunció ...
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Budget shortfall forces cutbacks in Trinidad Print E-mail
Monday, 01 December 2008
The drop in world energy prices is forcing Trinidad and Tobago to postpone the construction of new schools and two major hospitals.Prime Minister Patrick Manning says the government needs to cut spend...
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Border Council asks Venezuela Print E-mail
Monday, 01 December 2008
Santo Domingo.- The National Border Council (CNF) asked Venezuela's support and cooperation to repair and finish the international highway between Dominican Republic and Haiti, and said policies and a...
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Chavez again seeks way past term limit Print E-mail
Monday, 01 December 2008
Venezuela's president wants constitutional amendment so he can extend rule President Hugo Chavez signals desire to be in office in 2021 2021 is the bicentennial of Venezuela's independence from Spain ...
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Oil prices slide after OPEC holds output Print E-mail
Monday, 01 December 2008
LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices dropped more than two dollars on Monday after OPEC decided at a weekend meeting against cutting its production, prefering to wait until December before reducing
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Chief Operating Officer and President, the Americas Print E-mail
Monday, 01 December 2008
Genstar Capital Launches New Senior Care Services Platform UniVita Health and Agrees to Acquire Outsourced Insurance Services Provider, Long Term Care Group
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Big march in defence of social missions, agaisnt violence Print E-mail
Monday, 01 December 2008
Beneficiaries, teachers, adults, disabled people, students and workers came out on Friday to defend the social missions and programs of the national government in the face of threats to close them dow...
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Venezuelan elections may mean more immigration, flight capital Print E-mail
Monday, 01 December 2008
Allies of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Nov. 23 expanded his power by winning a majority in national elections. But, combined with diving oil prices and rampant crime plaguing the country, Chave...
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Venezuelan president asks for indefinite presidential reelection Print E-mail
Monday, 01 December 2008
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Sunday urged his supporters to seek a new constitutional amendment, which would allow indefinite presidential reelection. "Chavez is not leaving. Chavez is stayin...
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Venezuela, Russia to start naval exercises Monday Print E-mail
Monday, 01 December 2008
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Venezuela’s state news agency says three days of joint naval exercises with Russia will kick off in Venezuelan waters on Monday. The state-run Bolivarian News Agency says the o...
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Young Venezuelans learn like Dudamel Print E-mail
Monday, 01 December 2008
But step inside and you may hear the opening notes of Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 spilling from a second-floor rehearsal room filled with 15- and 16-year-old string players. Or youthful finger...
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Foreign investors developing agriculture in Guyana with modern technology Print E-mail
Monday, 01 December 2008
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA): The Ministry of Agriculture’s initiative to encourage and provide technical support to foreign investors in cultivating traditional and non-traditional crops in Guyana...
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Three bandits and police killed in shootout in Guyana Print E-mail
Monday, 01 December 2008
GEORGETOWN, Guyana: An early Friday morning shootout at Cromarty, Corentyne, Berbice, Guyana, has left three members of the notorious Rondell Rawlins gang dead, along with a policeman, following two h...
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Colombia pulls Venezuelan consul after Chavez seeks expulsion Print E-mail
Monday, 01 December 2008
By Steven Bodzin CARACAS, Venezuela (Bloomberg): Colombia withdrew its consul-general from the Venezuelan city of Maracaibo after President Hugo Chavez said the diplomat would be expelled, said Nicola...
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Trinidad PM sends sympathy to India Print E-mail
Monday, 01 December 2008
This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Patrick Manning has sent a letter of support to his counterpart in India on last Wednesday's tragedy in Mumbai.
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Raining season in Colombia kills at least 57 people Print E-mail
Monday, 01 December 2008
BOGOTA, Nov. 30 (Xinhua) -- The second raining season in Colombia this year has left at least 57 people dead and some 67,000 houses destroyed since mid-September, the director of Colombia's Red Cross ...
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Chavez may change law to extend rule Print E-mail
Monday, 01 December 2008
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez pauses during a news conference with foreign media in Caracas, November 24,2008. REUTERS/Jorge Silva Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, fresh from state elections tha...
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Venezuelan president asks supporters for reform to let him seek indefinite re-election Print E-mail
Monday, 01 December 2008
Hugo Chavez asked supporters Sunday to petition for a constitutional amendment that would let him seek indefinite re-election and buy more time to build a socialist economy in Venezuela.Chavez, who wa...
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Hostage families in Colombia ask Betancourt to represent them Print E-mail
Sunday, 30 November 2008
Families of hostages held by Marxist FARC rebels met in Bogota Sunday with former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, asking her to work on their behalf during her Latin American tour....
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