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Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jan 9, 2011

  World economy faces deepening turmoil

By Nick Beams:     The New Year has opened with expressions of concern that two years after the financial meltdown sparked by the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the global economy and financial system, far from recovering, has entered an era of unprecedented economic...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Nov 16, 2010

  A colossal madhouse

Reflections of Fidel THAT is what the G20 meeting that began yesterday in Seoul, capital of the Republic of Korea, has turned into. "What is the G20?" many readers, inundated with initials, will ask. Yet another monster of the powerful empire and its richest allies, which created...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  May 11, 2010

  Venezuela is not Greece

By Mark Weisbrot - Guardian.co.uk With  Venezuela 's economy having contracted last year (as did the vast majority of economies in the Western Hemisphere), the economy suffering from electricity shortages, and the value of domestic currency having recently fallen sharply in the...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Nov 27, 2009

  Cubans fear hard times ahead, impatient for change

By Marc Frank: HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters) -- Cubans are bracing for hard times in 2010 as President Raul Castro slashes imports and cuts government spending to get Cuba out of crisis -- and they are growing impatient with the slow pace of economic reform. Hurricanes, the global recession, US...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Feb 18, 2009

  Race, class fuel social conflict on French Caribbean islands

POINTE-A-PITRE, Guadeloupe (AFP): A general strike crippling Guadeloupe and Martinique has exposed racial and class divides on the French Caribbean islands where a white elite wields power over a majority descended from African slaves. Protesters on Monday stepped up their nearly month-long...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Feb 1, 2009

  Chavez urges Obama to hand over Cuban exile

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez urged US President Barack Obama to extradite an anti-Castro Cuban exile wanted in Venezuela who the administration of George W Bush had refused to hand over. Extradition of former CIA operative Luis Posada Carriles, accused of plotting the...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jul 19, 2008

  The International Monetary Fund (IMF) - World Economic Outlook (WEO) Report on The Bahamas

The IMF report on The Bahamas: The Nassau, Guardian Editorial - Nassau, Bahamas: In his essay on, 'The Principles of Population,' the political economist, Thomas Malthus attributed the decline in living standards in nineteenth century England, to the rapid growth in population...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jun 11, 2008

  Bahamas Seek Alternatives For Imported Food Staples

Alternatives Sought For Imported Food Staples: By Tameka Lundy - Nassau, Bahamas: As the price of staples like wheat, corn and rice balloon in some cases out of the reach of the world’s poor, agriculture and fisheries officials have been huddled in talks about how to use another starch...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Feb 12, 2008

  Bahamas: Minimal impact from the declining U.S. dollar on the Bahamian economy

Minimal impact from from declining U.S. dollar: By TERENCE MURRELL,Guardian Business Desk - Nassau, Bahamas: The declining value of the U.S. dollar against other currencies such as the euro and the loonie, has so far had a minimal impact on Bahamian businesses, many of whom import goods...... [view]

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