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Old 12-06-2007
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Re: Chavez Loses Election on 'Reforms'

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Originally Posted by MattLarson View Post
No, no.

The gap is widening. Venezuela is slipping deeper and deeper below the rest of the region.

And the rate of growth is unchanged since Chavez's "revolution" - which indicates that he is not doing any better that the regime he replaced.

Under his leadership, Venezuela continues to fall behind the rest of the region.

Matt
Venezuela is a troubled nation no doubt.

So what about the improvements noted in the other figures? Have you looked at them? The drop in infant mortality, the increase in education and literacy... the things i mentioned initially. Do you acknowledge the improvements in those areas?

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