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		<title>ICYMI: Obama&#8217;s policy on Venezuela leaves Chavez&#8217;s victims paying price</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obama&#8217;s policy on Venezuela leaves Chavez&#8217;s victims paying price The Washington Post October 30, 2011 By Jackson Diehl In May 2010, Nelson Mezerhane got the phone call that made him realize he could never return to Venezuela. The then-67-year-old businessman, a co-owner of Globovision, the country&#8217;s only independent television network, was in Boca Raton, Fla., where he had taken his family out of concern for their security. The call was from Hugo Chavez. &#8220;Where are...]]></description>
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		<title>In Case You Missed It… Articles Roundup Week of 10/28/11</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 18:09:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this week’s roundup…The Venezuelan doctor who predicted that President Hugo Chávez has “less than two years to live” is forced to flee the country; a hostage standoff at Venezuela’s top prison ends without fatalities; Chávez refuses to recognize Libya’s new government in a sign of solidarity with his long time ally, Moammar Gadhafi; and two new reports label Venezuela one of the “14 most violent countries in the world” and Latin America’s weakest link....]]></description>
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		<title>In Case You Missed It… Articles Roundup Week of 10/21/11</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 20:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this week’s roundup… Despite returning to Cuba for more cancer tests, Hugo Chávez’s “repression machine” continues to run smoothly at home. Defying an international human rights court ruling, Venezuela&#8217;s Supreme Court blocked the presidential candidacy of a popular opposition leader; the Chávez administration also imposed a hefty fine on Venezuela’s last remaining privately-owned TV station; also this week, the United States accused Venezuela of not cooperating with the war on drugs. Venezuela’s Chavez returns...]]></description>
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		<title>Study Documents Failures of Economic Policies of Chávez’s So-Called 21st Century Socialism</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From 2007 to 2010, Venezuela has spent more than $23 billion on expropriations, acquisitions, and the creation of companies that follow the socialist production model. Is it working? You decide. What’s Next Venezuela brings you an exclusive interview with Venezuelan Economist Richard K. Obuchi, project coordinator and co-author of the study, Management in the Red: An Evaluation of the Performance of 16 State Companies and General Results of the Socialist Production Model. To reach their...]]></description>
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		<title>Venezuela Signals It Won&#8217;t Comply With Arbitration Decisions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 20:51:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Government moves to make it harder for nationalized foreign companies to receive compensation Faced with the specter of losing multiple arbitration claims brought forth by American and other companies for not being compensated for property expropriated by the Venezuelan government, Venezuelan Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez said this week the country will not comply with penalties imposed by any international judicial entity in issues pertaining to the Chavez government’s nationalizations.  The position taken by the Chavez...]]></description>
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		<title>Chávez, Circling the Wagons?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 17:40:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[José R. Cárdenas served in several foreign policy positions during the George W. Bush administration (2004-2009), including on the National Security Council staff. He is a consultant with Vision Americas in Washington, DC. Hugo Chávez appears to be a man in a hurry these days.  Although we continue to have no independent confirmation on the extent of his illness, the recent, rapid succession of announcements from Caracas certainly makes it appear as if he’s someone...]]></description>
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		<title>ICYMI&#8230; Why is Chavez Moving Venezuela&#8217;s Gold?</title>
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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 one of the largest physical transfers of gold bullion since the end of World War II? Here and now, I...]]></description>
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		<title>The SDN list continues to grow with Venezuelan newcomers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:46:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Controls (OFAC), today placed four high-ranking Venezuelan officials on the list of Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) under the Kingpin Act for providing assistance to the Colombian terrorist group known as FARC.  The list was created to designate individuals who the United States has identified as participating in activities related to drug trafficking or terrorism.  The four Venezuelan newcomers are: - Cliver Alcala Cordones, Major General of the...]]></description>
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		<title>The SDN list continues to grow with Venezuelan newcomers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Controls (OFAC), today placed four high-ranking Venezuelan officials on the list of Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) under the Kingpin Act for providing assistance to the Colombian terrorist group known as FARC.  The list was created to designate individuals who the United States has identified as participating in activities related to drug trafficking or terrorism.  The four Venezuelan newcomers are: - Cliver Alcala Cordones, Major General of the...]]></description>
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		<title>Chávez Over an Economic Barrel</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:02:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[José R. Cárdenas served in several foreign policy positions during the George W. Bush administration (2004-2009), including on the National Security Council staff. He is a consultant with Vision Americas in Washington, DC. Each time Hugo Chávez travels to Cuba for chemotherapy, he leaves behind an economy in worse shape than he is. As the Financial Times put it recently, “Venezuela’s economy suffers from all kinds of unique problems, which the government does seem to...]]></description>
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