Word: venezuela
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...largest government interventions in history, and before we know it, someone like Governor Sarah Palin may literally be a heartbeat away from becoming Commander in Chief of the world’s only military superpower. And now, amidst the havoc, an unlikely alliance between Russia and Venezuela has developed in the interconnected realms of energy and defense...
...There is no need to look at a map to realize how far away Russia and Venezuela are from one another. Yet in these globalized times, they are bound together by their opposition to and fear of the United States. That may be the reason why there were so many photographers and journalists at Russian President Dimitry Medvedev’s recent meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Moscow, which was the second such negotiation in the last two months. After the meeting and in a world of frozen credit lines, it was announced that Russia would lend Venezuela...
...Uniform policy prescriptions don't come easy for a diverse group of countries ranging from Venezuela to Indonesia. For example, banking-sector repair and reform is likely more needed in India than in China, because India's financial sector is more intertwined with Western markets than China's is. Less sophisticated economies that rely on manufacturing and agriculture may largely avoid the pain that has accompanied the worldwide breakdown of complicated financial systems...
...human possibility.” It is only in the past two decades that indigenous peoples and revisionist historians have objected to the celebration of Columbus Day, calling attention to the less-than-glorious eradication of the Indians that began when Columbus claimed the Caribbean islands for Spain. In Venezuela, Columbus was literally toppled on Columbus Day of 2004, when young protestors tore down a prominent Columbus statue and dragged it through the streets of Caracas. In Denver, Native Americans have been dutifully protesting the city’s Columbus Day parade since...
...price stays there a while Iran would cut spending," Priddy says. That might include cutting heavy gas subsidies for Iranian drivers, who have rioted in the past when the government tried to ration gas or raise the price at the pump. Hugo Chavez could face similar problems in Venezuela if oil prices drop below $75 a barrel - the rate at which the country calculated this year's budget. The problems lower prices could cause in those countries could be more visceral than those posed so far by the current financial upheaval...