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...He added, in a time-honoured tactic, that this is yet another international attempt to discredit the socialist crusade launched by the late Hugo Chávez....
...Suprani, a Venezuelan political cartoonist and a friend of one of those who died at Charlie Hebdo, was fired last year by the newspaper she drew for after producing a cartoon sending up the legacy of Hugo Chávez...
...Strict capital controls, originally imposed by the late president Hugo Chávez to prevent capital flight, have caused a crescendo of economic problems: dollars that fetch about seven times the official rate...
...“Venezuela is not broke,” says Efraín Velázquez, president of the National Economic Council, a government watchdog. Instead, the country “has had inappropriate international reserves management”....
...achievement for Chávez’s Bolivarian Revolution....
...A strong ally of Hugo Chávez, Venezuela’s president, Mr Correa shook bond markets when he defaulted on interest payments for 32 per cent of Ecuador’s $10.1bn in foreign debt....
...Efrain Velázquez, president of Venezuela’s National Economic Council, said the government’s reliance on reserves could put pressure on both inflation and the currency....
...“Even at current levels the authorities are going to have to start making decisions,” says Efraín Velázquez, the president of the National Economic Council, who said that a fall in oil prices in Venezuela...
...President Hugo Chávez named him for the post on Sunday....
...But in President Hugo Chávez’s socialist Venezuela, things are a little different....
...“As this is not a full monetary reform, the likelihood of any success in decreasing inflation is very limited,” says Efrain Velazquez, the president of the NEC....
...Mr Fernandez’s apparent lead over Miguel Vargas Maldonado, his opposition rival, will have been strengthened by his show of statesmanship at the Rio Group summit on Friday....
...Efraín Velázquez, the president of the National Economic Council which advises the government, says current fiscal policy is unsustainable....
...Peru sent Romulo Pizarro, the minister of interior, and Antonio Maldonado, the anti-corruption prosecutor, to its southern neighbour after Chilean authorities arrested Mr Fujimori in the early hours of Monday...
...In India, Mr Chávez explored the possibility of selling oil to India....
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