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Weekly Report - 11 December 2014 (WR-14-49)
VENEZUELA: The case of a truckload of dollars
In a week that Capitol Hill approved a bill proposing sanctions against government officials accused of human rights violations during the chaotic protests in Venezuela earlier this year, President Nicolás Maduro alleged that Venezuela was facing a new ‘financial war’ being waged against it by US-based credit ratings agencies. The tough-talking president of the national assembly, Diosdado Cabello, also declared that US$4.2m in cash found hidden in a truck seized at Puerto Cabello last weekend was meant for new street protests and acts of destabilisation by ‘guarimbas’ (‘vandals’).
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- BRAZIL: Firm punishments over Petrobras
- BRAZIL: Truth commission advocates amnesty overhaul
- MEXICO: Peña Nieto finally visits Guerrero
- MEXICO: Banxico intervenes in currency market
- GUATEMALA: Pérez Molina provokes the private sector
- CARIBBEAN: Caricom-Cuba ties: need for a revamp
- Uruguay welcomes Guantánamo detainees
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