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Old 12-04-2007
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Re: Spanish King tells Venezuelan President to 'shut up' during summit

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Originally Posted by Strider View Post
Poverty's barely budged(so the Venezuelan government redefined it in such a way as to make it seem like it was dropping), street crime is rampant(the murder rate's tripled in recent years), inflation is close to 20%, and inequality has actually gone up slightly.

You call this improving the lot of the poor?
You'll need to source that, because I've seen some quite contradictory numbers.
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