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...Caracas Ch??vez Changes His Tune...
...Venezuela's maverick President begun to mellow? On June 8, Hugo Ch??vez urged the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia to end its violent campaign against the Colombian government, six months after calling for the rebels to be taken off the U.S. list of terrorist organizations. Some analysts suggest that the President may be toning down his rhetoric to soften his image in the run-up to Venezuela's state and local elections in November--and possibly to avoid giving ammunition to anti-Ch??vez Republican candidates in the U.S. this fall...
...this may seem beneficial for the European Union (EU), such a strong euro is not in the region’s best interest. Just as high prices may lead a backpacker to choose to venture elsewhere this summer, airlines considering Airbus planes and bankers wondering about BMW coupes and Ch??¢teau Lafite Rothschild wines may think twice before purchasing. In fact, Airbus’s parent company European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company announced this week its flagship plane, the A380, will cost five million dollars more starting next month, for it has always been quoted in American currency...
...size business a priority, and they take Latin America to task for doing less than 3% of the world's R&D spending while Asia accounts for more than a third of it. If more of the region's leaders had taken counsel like this a decade ago, Hugo Ch??vez and the Latin left might not have such a large, impoverished crowd to play to today. Whether or not this is the century of the Americas, these books offer a guide to how Latin America can enter...
...last May, after the government refused to renew the license of an anti-Ch??vez broadcast network, Radio Caracas Televisión (RCTV), that Sánchez and other students first decided to push back at what they called Ch??vez's increasingly autocratic leadership. Sánchez helped lead thousands of student protesters into the streets, their hands painted white to symbolize nonviolence. That traditional method of expressing discontent was combined with decidedly 21st century ones, as the activists used text messages, Facebook groups and YouTube broadcasts to draw crowds. Despite some clashes with police, the marches were significantly more peaceful than...