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		<title>Chávez Goes After British Assets &#8211; Again!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a new round of land takeovers, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez ordered this week the expropriation of 716,590 acres of land belonging to Agropecuaria Flora, an agricultural company owned by the British firm Vestey Group. The company has already lost tens of thousands of acres at the hands of Mr. Chávez, for which it has requested that the Venezuelan government compensate it in U.S. dollars instead of Venezuelan bolívares. Chávez’s latest hit on Agropecuaria Flora...]]></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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whatsnextvenezuela.com/?p=3434</guid>
		<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>In Case You Missed It… Articles Roundup Week of 9/30/11</title>
		<link>http://whatsnextvenezuela.com/news/in-case-you-missed-it%e2%80%a6-articles-roundup-week-of-93011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 16:01:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://whatsnextvenezuela.com/?p=3411</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In this week’s roundup… Settlement talks between U.S. companies and Chávez government over expropriated assets are unlikely, as two more American firms file arbitration claims against Venezuela before the World Bank’s International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID); Meanwhile, the Venezuelan government announces yet another expropriation; Chávez strikes out with Major League Baseball; Venezuela’s prisons are among the most dangerous in the continent; and Chávez tries to silence rumors about his health in his...]]></description>
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		<title>ICYMI: Chávez Exiting Global Forum?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 18:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chávez Takes Steps to Exit Global Forum The Wall Street Journal By José De Córdoba President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela has taken steps to pull out of the global forum most used to settle investor disputes, where Caracas faces more than $40 billion in claims for nationalized properties. Documents show that Mr. Chávez, shown in August, is moving to avoid financial sanctions from abroad. Venezuelan officials have drawn up plans, at Mr. Chávez&#8217;s order, to...]]></description>
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		<title>In Case You Missed It… Articles Roundup Week of 7/22/11</title>
		<link>http://whatsnextvenezuela.com/news/in-case-you-missed-it%e2%80%a6-articles-roundup-week-of-72211/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://en.whatsnextvenezuela.com/?p=3088</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In this week’s roundup… The Chávez administration moved forward with the new Law of Costs, Prices and Salary Protection. It is likely to fuel more product shortages and inflation in Venezuela. After an unsuccessful attempt to persecute presidential candidate Henrique Capriles, the Venezuelan courts dropped their investigation.  Koch Industries filed an arbitration claim with the World Bank seeking compensation for the expropriation by the Venezuelan government in 2010 of one of its companies; Chavez continues...]]></description>
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		<title>Trafficking in Persons 2011 Report</title>
		<link>http://whatsnextvenezuela.com/news/trafficking-in-persons-2011-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 15:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The US State Department has included Venezuela on a list of nations that could face sanctions along with Cuba, Costa Rica, Panamá and the Dominican Republic for their lack of action in combating human trafficking. The 11th edition of the Trafficking in Persons Report did not see much progress in Venezuela’s efforts to  combat human trafficking, for which it can face a number of sanctions ranging from the suspension of non humanitarian and non commercial...]]></description>
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		<title>Venezuela says Exxon drops demand to $7 billion</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 00:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exxon Mobil Corp has reduced to $7 billion from $12 billion a compensation claim against Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA, which nationalized assets belonging to the U.S. major three years ago, according to a PDVSA document seen by Reuters on Wednesday]]></description>
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		<title>Exclusive: Venezuela draft oil law would make takeovers easier</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 18:12:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's government is studying a draft law that would make it easier to nationalize the assets of oil field service companies working in South America's biggest crude exporter.]]></description>
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