Word: brazile
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...basic agenda: "There's no doubt he brought necessary changes to a very corrupt Venezuela," says Mejia. And the leftward, less U.S.-dependent turn he engineered in Latin American politics has ironically made the a more market-oriented model he professes to disdain more viable in countries like Brazil by making it more egalitarian. Sunday's humbling results will make Chávez a less swaggering figure on the hemispheric scene; but a little humility on his part may make his neighbors more receptive to initiatives like the Banco del Sur, or Bank of the South, meant to counterbalance traditional...
...fact, it was Chávez's electrifying emergence a decade ago that paved the way for the election in this decade of other, albeit more moderate leftist heads of state like Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Argentina's Nestor Kirchner and Chile's Michelle Bachelet. Venezuelans may be reminding Chávez that, like his revolution's namesake, 19th-century independence hero Simon Bolivar, he stands to have a positive place secured in Latin America history. Their message on Sunday: Don't blow...
...true, is nearly 10 times as many proven reserves as the U.S. has. But most of the stuff is extra-heavy crude. Tapping and processing that tarlike oil require billions in investment. Analysts say PDVSA has been slow to start those projects, including joint stakes with China's CNPC, Brazil's Petrobras and Iran's Petropars in southeastern Venezuela...
...other actors' movies." He has built his global audience systematically: with each film, Smith introduces himself to a new people, often piggybacking on a local event that will attract worldwide attention. For Men in Black II, he toured in South Korea during the World Cup; for Hitch, he hit Brazil during carnival; for next year's fallen-superhero tale Hancock, he's trying to get into Beijing during the Olympics...
...significant share of global production anytime soon. Almost everybody agrees that the pumping of conventionally sourced oil outside the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has already peaked or will peak soon, a reality that even discoveries like the recent 8 billion-bbl. find off the coast of Brazil can't alter because production from so many existing fields is declining...