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Analysis: The Weeks Leading up to the "Most Difficult Hours" for Hugo Chavez and Venezuela

Daniel L. Rodriguez | Posted 05.07.2013 | Canada Alberta
Read More: Hugo Chavez Death, Information Leaks, Hugo Chavez, Hugo Chavez Cancer, Venezuela, Hugo Chavez Analysis, Hugo Chavez Dies, Hugo Chavez Dead, Politics, South America, Analysis Hugo Chavez, Canada Alberta News
Daniel L. Rodriguez

Rumors, secrecy and the hermeticism lasted until the last day before the death of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. The government handled the illness of Chavez with emotionally charged messages, religious references and few medical details.

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Getting (Almost) Robbed in the Slums of Buenos Aires

Jonathan Duke | Posted 09.17.2012 | Canada Travel
Read More: Argentina, Villa 31, Urban Poverty, Buenos Aires, Robbed, Pick Pocket Schemes, Pick Pocket, South America, Pick Pocket Travel, Canada Travel News
Jonathan Duke

I exited the subway system back onto the sunny streets of Buenos Aires, Argentina. I was walking through the street vendors that line the way to the bus station when a spray of liquid hit me from behind. I remembered a warning about the pick pocketing distractions that I might encounter -- I quickly realized I was in the middle of one of them. With that realization I took off zig zagging through the crowds...

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Argentina, Bete Noire of the G20

Andrew Cooper | Posted 07.02.2012 | Canada Business
Read More: Chile, South America, Financial TImes, Colombia, Argentina, Imf, Mexico, Wto, g20, Recession, Canada Business News
Andrew Cooper

On top of the generalized global interest about Argentina's move to nationalize its largest energy company YPF, the majority owner of which had been the Spanish energy company Repsol, there is a special local twist as the Mexican President Felipe Calderón has been particularly critical of Argentina's move calling it "very regrettable."

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