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This is Latinokos, the latino/latin america interest open thread. Here are some stories I find interesting. Feel free to post your own stories, links and chatter.
From Venezuela:
Analysis: Oil helps Venezuela growth again
By CARMEN J. GENTILE
UPI Energy Correspondent
MIAMI, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Venezuela's supercharged petroleum-based economy has posted greater than 10 percent economic growth, for the third year in a row, according to the country's central bank.
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The statistics, at face value, seem to support the Chavez policy of renegotiating contracts with foreign oil firms to increase Venezuela's share of the profits. Growth reached 10.3 percent in 2006, said Central Bank President Gaston Parra, equaling last year's mark. In 2004, the Venezuelan economy expanded by a staggering 18 percent.
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