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Fast, flavorful, fresh Mexican

Source: Miami Herald

Caracas :: Venezuela | updated Wed Dec 02 22:19:38 -0800 2009 | entertainment-news

Service is almost instantaneous, and prices are in line with other burrito joints with tacos $3 each, burritos $6.50-$8 and salads and platters $7-$11. Start with a $3 order of guacamole spiked with cilantro, cumin and sea salt in a...

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More Venezuelan private banks targeted: Chavez

Source: Reuters

Caracas :: Venezuela | updated Wed Dec 02 19:24:11 -0800 2009 | business-news

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday said his government may target more banks for state intervention, sparking investor jitters two days after his government shut four private banks. Venezuelan benchmark bonds fell by the most in three months and the...

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DEVELOPMENT: Brazil's Powerhouse Bank

Source: Inter Press Service

Caracas :: Venezuela | updated Wed Dec 02 10:38:58 -0800 2009 | political-news

With his slicked-back hair, neatly trimmed, close-cropped beard, and impeccably pressed suits, Luciano Coutinho looks like any other obscure Brazilian banker...At the World Bank, by contrast, loans have totalled just under 47 billion dollars a year, according to the most...

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ENVIRONMENT: New Pirate of the Caribbean Invades from Pacific

Source: Inter Press Service

Caracas :: Venezuela | updated Wed Dec 02 06:52:41 -0800 2009 | green-news

The red lionfish (Pterois volitans), a venomous coral reef fish from the Indian and western Pacific Oceans, has invaded the waters of the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico, threatening to wreak havoc on ecosystems, native fish populations and popular...

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Caracas 'closes compromised banks'

Source: Al Jazeera

Caracas :: Venezuela | updated Tue Dec 01 00:11:47 -0800 2009 | political-news

Two of the banks, Canarias and ProVivienda, will be permanently closed and their assets auctioned off, Ali Rodriguez, the finance minister, said on Monday. "The damage caused has been so great that it has severely compromised the solvency of these institutions...

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Why Chavez hates your Xbox

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Caracas :: Venezuela | updated Sat Nov 28 21:55:38 -0800 2009 | technology-news

At a video arcade in the center of Venezuela's capital, the sound of tapping buttons and the rattle of virtual gunfire fills the room as young boys battle mercenaries and zombies on games such as "Target: Terror Gold" and "House...

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Venezuela turns to cloud-seeding to battle drought

Source: Seattle Times

Caracas :: Venezuela | updated Sat Nov 28 21:09:44 -0800 2009 | political-news

Venezuela — Hugo Chavez says he is going out to "bombard" clouds now that Cuba has provided Venezuela with cloud-seeding help in an effort to produce rain and alleviate the effects of a severe drought. The Venezuelan president said Saturday...

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Israeli settlement freeze not enough: Abbas

Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Caracas :: Venezuela | updated Fri Nov 27 21:59:12 -0800 2009 | travel-news

ET The Associated Press Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas receives a replica of Venezuelan independence hero Simon Bolivar's sword from Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez in Caracas on Friday. (Ariana Cubillos/Associated Press) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has dismissed as insufficient...

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Hunger: India worse off than Zimbabwe!

Source: India Abroad

Caracas :: Venezuela | updated Thu Nov 26 20:08:10 -0800 2009 | business-news

The global financial crisis too has led to a dramatic rise in hunger across the world. Ban warned that the food crisis is a wake-up call for tomorrow since by 2050 the planet's population will be 9.1 billion people, over...

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Report: US warned China that Israel could attack Iran

Source: Ynet News

Caracas :: Venezuela | updated Thu Nov 26 07:52:54 -0800 2009 | political-news

Obama during visit to China Photo: Reuters Qom enrichment plant Photo: AP Washington Post reports American warning caused Beijing to reconsider its stance on Iranian nuclear program, may lead to agreement on tougher sanctions against Islamic republic Yitzhak...

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