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	<title>What&#039;s Next Venezuela? &#187; Foreign Direct Investment</title>
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		<title>ICYMI: Why Venezuela&#8217;s Devaluation is Biting</title>
		<link>https://www.whatsnextvenezuela.com/e-alert/icymi-why-venezuelas-devaluation-is-biting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CNBC
February 14, 2013
By Kelley Holland

Courtesy of: Agence France Presse
First came Colgate-Palmolive, but it wasn&#8217;t alone for long. Halliburton, Avon, and Merck soon joined a rapidly growing list.
These companies and more have announced that they will take an earnings hit in the wake of Venezuela&#8217;s latest devaluation of its currency, the]]></description>
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		<title>In Case You Missed It… Articles Roundup Week of 5/18/12</title>
		<link>https://www.whatsnextvenezuela.com/news/in-case-you-missed-it-articles-roundup-week-of-51812/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 17:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week: As Venezuela&#8217;s October 7 elections approach, opposition candidate Henrique Capriles spends time speaking to Venezuela&#8217;s poorest, a demographic that Chávez has long dominated; Hugo Chávez&#8217;s prolonged illness and absence from the spotlight has some wondering whether his party is preparing contingency plans for the elections, including delaying or canceling them entirely, and possibly]]></description>
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		<title>In Case You Missed It… Articles Roundup Week of 5/11/12</title>
		<link>https://www.whatsnextvenezuela.com/news/in-case-you-missed-it-articles-roundup-week-of-51112/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 18:09:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week: It’s been a year since Venezuelans first learned that Hugo Chávez was ill; his increasingly-long absences, along with his naming of a six member Council of State, have fueled rumors that he will pick a successor to run in the October elections; the increasing uncertainty over his health is also leading to warnings]]></description>
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		<title>In Case You Missed It… Articles Roundup Week of 4/6/12</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this week’s roundup… Hugo Chávez travels to Cuba to undergo radiation treatment, and returns Thursday to his home state of Barinas on Thursday; MUD candidate Henrique Capriles embarks on a three-month, &#8220;house-by-house&#8221; tour of the country; a poll shows Chávez and Capriles in a statistical tie ahead of the presidential election; the European Union]]></description>
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		<title>ICYMI:Save the Prosperity Infrastructure</title>
		<link>https://www.whatsnextvenezuela.com/news/icymisave-the-prosperity-infrastructure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:52:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Save the Prosperity Infrastructure
The Hill 
February 7, 2012
By James K. Glassman
In declaring last month that he won&#8217;t abide by rulings of the main international forum for settling investment disputes, Venezuela President Hugo Chavez is following in the footsteps of Argentina&#8217;s leaders, whose brazen behavior is encouraging other nations to ignore the legal]]></description>
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		<title>ICYMI&#8230; Why is Chavez Moving Venezuela&#8217;s Gold?</title>
		<link>https://www.whatsnextvenezuela.com/news/icymi-why-is-chavez-moving-venezuelas-gold-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:41:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why Is Hugo Chávez Moving Venezuela&#8217;s Gold Holdings Home?
Forbes
September 18, 2011
By Richard Miniter
When Venezuela&#8217;s strongman Hugo Chavez announced plans to move  virtually all of his nation&#8217;s overseas gold stock&#8211;211 tons of gleaming  bars stored in vaults in New York, London, Zurich and elsewhere&#8211;back to  South America, investors were stunned. Why make]]></description>
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		<title>ICYMI: Venezuela Plans to Move Reserve Funds</title>
		<link>https://www.whatsnextvenezuela.com/news/icymi-venezuela-plans-to-move-reserve-funds-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Venezuela Plans to Move Reserve Funds 
The Wall Street Journal - August 17, 2011 
By José de Córdoba and Ezequiel  Minaya 
CARACAS  &#8211; Venezuela plans to transfer billions of  dollars in cash reserves  from abroad to banks in Russia, China and Brazil and  tons of gold from  European banks to its central bank vaults, according to  documents  reviewed]]></description>
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		<title>Rice expropriations to be followed by…water?</title>
		<link>https://www.whatsnextvenezuela.com/news/rice-expropriations-to-be-followed-by%e2%80%a6water-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:33:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is one thing President Chávez did not forget to do before  leaving for Cuba to receive  chemotherapy treatment for cancer: he  delegated the power of expropriation to  his Vice-President Elias Jaua.   And, why not?  Expropriating private companies is about the only thing  the government appears  to be efficient at executing.
Last  week,  among   the]]></description>
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		<title>In Case You Missed It… Articles Roundup Week of 5/6/11</title>
		<link>https://www.whatsnextvenezuela.com/news/in-case-you-missed-it%e2%80%a6-articles-roundup-week-of-5611/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 21:13:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this week’s News Roundup…Governor Henrique Capriles Radonski announces his candidacy for the 2012 presidential elections in Venezuela, which prompts President Chávez to launch a smear campaign against opposition candidates; analysts debate how to define Venezuela’s government; and Mr. Chávez offers yet another unique perspective on foreign policy, denouncing the killing of Osama bin Laden.]]></description>
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		<title>In Case You Missed It&#8230; Is Hugo Chavez an idiot?</title>
		<link>https://www.whatsnextvenezuela.com/news/in-case-you-missed-it-is-hugo-chavez-an-idiot-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 19:07:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is Hugo Chavez an idiot?
Washington Post Blog
By William J. Dobson
May 6, 2011
When I was in Moscow last year, I paid a visit to   Boris Nemtsov, one of the leading figures of the Russian opposition.   Naturally, I had come to Nemtsov to discuss Russian politics. But the   conversation quickly turned to, of]]></description>
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