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Venezuela: why the rift between its communists and the Maduro government?
Britain's Communist Party leader ROBERT GRIFFITHS reports back from his recent visit to the Latin American country
BETTER TIMES: Militants of the Communist Party of Venezuela (note the chracteristic PCV red cockrel symbol) at the closing rally in Caracas of the ‘Yes to constitutional reform’ campaign November 30 2007
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Washington’s lawless behaviour towards countries in the region it considers its ‘back yard’ should be condemned by all law-abiding people, says LUKE DANIELS
In part I of a serialisation of his new book, JOHN McINALLY takes a look at the early days of organising government workers
Colombia’s success in controlling the drug trade should be recognised and its sovereignty respected, argues Dr GLORY SAAVEDRA
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Plaid Cymru’s front-bench spokesman on health and social services MABON AP GWYNFOR, in a two-part series, analyses the Caerphilly by-election and the wider political scene in Wales ahead of the 2026 Senedd election
VENEZUELA’S economy is likely to grow faster than most this year and next, according to Credit Suisse. GDP is forecast to have grown by as much as 20 per cent this year (the IMF reckons 6 per cent), up from around 4 per cent in 2021 (the IMF claims 0.5), before easing down to 7 or 8 per cent in 2023.
But there is still a long way to go before the average output and income per head trebles to reach its level before world oil prices began falling a decade ago.
A severe devaluation of what is now the bolivar fuerte has reduced the scourge of hyperinflation to the lesser problem of inflation, although the revamped currency still struggles to maintain its value in the foreign exchange markets. Many shops remain happier to receive US dollars from foreign tourists.
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