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		<title>ICYMI: Blackouts Hit Nearly Half of Venezuela</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Sep 2013 17:57:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Delcy Rodriguez]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wall Street Journal
September 3, 2013
By Kejal Vyas
Courtesy of: AFP
CARACAS—A failure in a transmission line cut power across much of Venezuela on Tuesday, leading the government to blame unidentified saboteurs for the widespread disruption.
Electricity outages struck parts of at least 11 of Venezuela&#8217;s 23 states in the early afternoon, mostly in]]></description>
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		<title>In Case You Missed It&#8230;Articles Roundup Week of 7/26/13</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2013 21:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Courtesy of: Zuma Press
This week: Maduro responded to Samantha Power’s negative comments on Venezuela by halting efforts to improve U.S.-Venezuela relations; the United States leaves door open to improve relations but it does not rectify Power’s statements; Venezuelan Chargé d&#8217;Affaires to the United States affirms that the effort to restore relations was ‘suspended’ but]]></description>
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		<title>In Case You Missed It…Articles Roundup Week of 7/19/13</title>
		<link>https://www.whatsnextvenezuela.com/news/in-case-you-missed-itarticles-roundup-week-of-71913/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2013 23:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cilia Flores]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edward Snowden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elias Jaua]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fitch Ratings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Henrique Capriles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Courtesy of: EFE
This week: Henrique Capriles arrives in Chile to meet with President Sebastián Piñera, as well as other ruling party leaders and the Venezuelan community in Santiago; Human Rights Watch says Venezuela should guarantee the right of free speech of its own citizens before offering to defend Edward Snowden; U.S. Secretary of State]]></description>
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		<title>In Case You Missed It… Articles Roundup Week of 7/12/13</title>
		<link>https://www.whatsnextvenezuela.com/news/in-case-you-missed-it-articles-roundup-week-of-71213/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jul 2013 20:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Courtesy of: Policy Mic
This week: In defiance of Washington, Venezuela offers asylum to NSA leaker Edward Snowden; 44 percent of Venezuelans seek better relations with the United States; if asylum is granted, Venezuela may face economic and diplomatic sanctions by the United States; Maduro faces a potential revolt from radical sectors of his party]]></description>
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		<title>ICYMI: A circus without a ringmaster</title>
		<link>https://www.whatsnextvenezuela.com/democracy/icymi-a-circus-without-a-ringmaster/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2013 18:39:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Economist
July 6, 2013
Courtesy of: The Economist/Peter Schrank
During the presidency of Hugo Chávez, who ruled from 1999 until his death from cancer in March, the domineering personality of the comandante left no doubt as to who was in charge of Venezuela. By contrast Chávez’s successor, Nicolás Maduro, a former foreign minister, has]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Companies to Chavismo’s Rescue?</title>
		<link>https://www.whatsnextvenezuela.com/news/u-s-companies-to-chavismos-rescue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jun 2013 14:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Corruption]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[José Cárdenas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[José R. Cárdenas
José R. Cárdenas served in several foreign policy positions during the George W. Bush administration (2004-2009), including on the National Security Council staff. He is a consultant with Vision Americas in Washington, DC.
News that oil giant Chevron is lending $2 billion to the bankrupt regime in Venezuela has raised eyebrows in]]></description>
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		<title>ICYMI: Breast-feeding is best, so ban bottles, Venezuelan lawmaker proposes</title>
		<link>https://www.whatsnextvenezuela.com/resources/icymi-breast-feeding-is-best-so-ban-bottles-venezuelan-lawmaker-proposes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CNN
June 18, 2013
By Catherine E. Shoichet

Courtesy of: Reuters
Venezuelan lawmakers are weighing whether to ban the use of baby bottles as part of a push to promote breast-feeding, state media reported.
The proposed measure will be up for debate in the South American country&#8217;s National Assembly on Tuesday, lawmaker Odalis Monzon said]]></description>
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		<title>ICYMI: Looking for toilet paper in Venezuela? There’s an app for that</title>
		<link>https://www.whatsnextvenezuela.com/resources/icymi-looking-for-toilet-paper-in-venezuela-theres-an-app-for-that/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Broken Promises]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Financial Times
June 10, 2013
By Benedict Mander
Courtesy of: Reuters
It turns out that President Nicolas Maduro thinks that the plan to introduce food rationing in Zulia, Venezuela’s most populous state, is “crazy”.
Regardless of whether he always thought that, or whether, perhaps, the increasingly unpopular president was responding to widespread rejection of the]]></description>
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		<title>In Case You Missed It… Articles Roundup Week of 6/7/13</title>
		<link>https://www.whatsnextvenezuela.com/news/in-case-you-missed-it-articles-roundup-week-of-6713/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 21:31:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Courtesy of: Associated Press
This week: Venezuela’s economy slows sharply in the first quarter, signaling a difficult year for the already struggling nation; in a clear sign that food shortages are worsening, restrictions on the sale of 20 basic goods are set to begin next week in Venezuela’s most populous state; Telefonica plans to boost]]></description>
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		<title>In Case You Missed It… Articles Roundup Week of 5/31/13</title>
		<link>https://www.whatsnextvenezuela.com/news/in-case-you-missed-it-articles-roundup-week-of-53113/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 19:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Courtesy of: Reuters
&#160;
This week: Venezuelan president reacts with fury to meeting between Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and Venezuelan opposition leader Henrique Capriles, even recalling an envoy to Colombia’s peace process; two U.S. embassy officials are shot in a Venezuelan strip club, exemplifying the Venezuelan government’s inability to combat violence; the shooting prompts]]></description>
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