Word: venezuelan
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...crime allegedly took place in 1985 and 1986, when Rapanelli, who has denied any wrongdoing, managed Gramoven, a Venezuelan affiliate of the Argentine agribusiness giant Bunge y Born. The judge charged that Gramoven had overbilled Caracas for grain. Venezuela is unlikely to prosecute the minister, however, because the two countries have no extradition treaty...
...wearing simple clothes that accent her trim figure and filling her home with antique furniture and endless mementos of her husband. A sought-after speaker on the international journalists' circuit, she spends much of her time outside the country, often popping up at gala occasions like the inauguration of Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez, a longtime friend. When at home, she is driven to the paper's run-down plant each morning in a blue Toyota jeep. In her air- conditioned office, she puts her feet up to relieve her painful osteoarthritic condition. And, constantly sipping ice water, she scans...
...international drug trade. He has jailed or deported opponents, destroyed the sprigs of a free press, and watched his country slide into economic ruin rather than give up the whips of power. Nonetheless, Noriega outdid himself last week by stealing an election so brazenly that, in the words of Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez, it amounted to "a coup d'etat...
...everyone was so enthusiastic. Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez called the new proposals "encouraging" but only "very timid steps." Paul Volcker, former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, warned against looking for a "magic elixir" to solve the crisis. In a speech before a conference on Third World debt in Washington, Volcker explained, "If not well managed, a process of debt reduction clearly could be hazardous to the health of debtors and creditors alike...
Last month the government signed a letter of intent with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in return for $4.32 billion in new credits through 1991. Among other things, the agreement promised an end to Venezuelan subsidies on an array of products, including imported raw materials and gasoline (at 13 cents per gal., perhaps the cheapest in the world). Exempted from the price hikes were 18 staples, including bread, rice and chicken. Perez also promised to raise fees for government-provided goods and services and to allow the bolivar to float downward on international currency markets, a move that would boost...