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OIL: Venezuela Proposes Redefinition of OPEC’s Role
Venezuela will propose that the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) "redefine its role in accordance with abandoned principles" with which it was founded in 1960, said Energy Minister Erwin Arrieta.CHILDREN-VENEZUELA: Violence Scourge of Children’s Lives
The statistics on child abuse in Venezuela make grim reading: One out of every two children in the country is mistreated and one child dies almost every day through violence. Another 18,000 children are imprisoned and 200,000 are at "high risk" of committing crimes.CHILDREN-VENEZUELA: Violence and the Children
One out of every two children is mistreated in Venezuela and more than a child a day is killed, while 18,000 are imprisoned and 200,000 are at high risk for committing crimes./ENVIRONMENT BULLETIN 3/ LATIN AMERICA: Dream Cities – an Urban Odyssey
For urban planners in Latin America, the ideal city is cool and located 1,000 metres above sea level. It has a population of one million, offers good public services, plenty of jobs, and is surrounded by farmland.HABITAT: Dream City Latin America, an Urban Odyssey
For urban planners in Latin America, the ideal city is cool and located 1,000 metres above sea level. It has a population of one million, offers good public services, plenty of jobs, and is surrounded by farmland.VENEZUELA: Disappointment ‘the Day After’ the Caldera Plan
Disappointment and resignation reigned in Venezuela "the day after" President Rafael Caldera took upon himself - 25 months into his term - the effective leadership of an economic plan which puts the country back on a neoliberal route.VENEZUELA: Neoliberal Shock Therapy Generates Tense Expectation
Venezuelans flocked to petrol stations and stores on Monday, in a mad rush to fill their gas tanks and stock their homes before the second structural adjustment programme in seven years goes into effect.VENEZUELA: Government and IMF Seek Political Support for Tough Reforms
Venezuelan President Rafael Caldera and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have launched a joint offensive in search of political support for a tough structural adjustment programme about to go into effect.REPETITION//ECONOMY-VENEZUELA: ‘Tough but Inevitable’ Measures
Venezuela will implement "tough but inevitable" economic adjustment measures to put a lid on inflation and stimulate investment, Planning Minister Teodoro Petkoff announced on Wednesday.VENEZUELA-CINEMA: Venezuela Touts Itself as best Caribbean Location
With national film production in decline after the boom years in the 1970s and 1980s, Venezuela is now promoting itself as "the best location in the Caribbean" for foreign filmmakers.AMERICAS: Pioneers in the Fight against Corruption
The American continent will be the first to adopt an international convention designed to fight corruption, at the conclusion of an Organisation of American States (OAS) conference in which delegates from 34 governments will participate in Venezuela from Mar. 27-29.OIL-AMERICAS: Regional Deficit to Reach Eight Million Barrels a Day
By the turn of the century, the Americas will have to seek eight million barrels of oil a day elsewhere. A meeting in the Venezuelan capital is seeking formulas for cooperation, in order to boost production and consumption, its organisers said on Monday.TRADE-AMERICA: Business Forceful in Backing Integration
The 1,500 American business representatives called for greater liberalisation and less protectionism in the negotiations for the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) in Colombia Wednesday.TRADE-AMERICA: The Hard but Hopeful Road to the FTAA
The negotiation of a Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) was given an injection of optimism when 1,500 continental entrepreneurs met at the Business Forum which closed in Cartagena, Colombia Wednesday.TRADE-AMERICAS: Tremendous Trade Figures Back FTAA
Impressive figures provided a staunch buttress in favour of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), as it entered a new round of negotiations in Cartagena on the Colombian coast this week.TRADE-AMERICAS: Business Sector Already Benefitting from FTAA
The Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) may still be a distant dream for 2005, but a thousand entrepreneurs from 34 nations are already seeing the first fruits of the process in Cartagena, on the Colombian Caribbean coast.CHINA: Perry Rules Out Military Conflict in Formosa Strait
U.S. Secretary of Defence William Perry at the end of his Latin American tour Friday, said that Chinese military manoevres off the coasts of Taiwan will not trigger armed conflict between Beijing and the prosperous Pacific island nation.AGRICULTURE-LATIN AMERICA: No More Free Seeds for the North
Latin America, which boasts 60 percent of the world's plant species, is beginning to say no to the plundering of its seeds by the North.DEVELOPMENT: Venezuelan Women Engineer Fungus Free Bananas
A Venezuelan team of women scientists have produced a "Queen" banana plant strain resisitant to the voracious yellow sigatoka fungus, meaning fewer chemicals in the environment and advantages for banana growers in the near future.AMERICAS: Anticorruption Pact to Lift Banking Secrecy
The governments of 34 American nations will be questioning the issue of banking secrecy from Mar. 27 to 29, when they meet in Venezuela as part of the inter-american anti- corruption convention.AMERICAS: Anticorruption Pact to Lift Banking Secrecy
The governments of 34 American nations will be questioning the issue of banking secrecy from Mar. 27 to 29, when they meet in Venezuela as part of the inter-american anti- corruption convention.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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