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Economy & Business - June 2008 (ISSN 1741-7430)
METALS: Protesters take a police general hostage in mining royalty protests
Ten days of violent protests to back demands for mining companies to
make higher payments to local governments finally appeared to end in Moquegua on
18 June. At its height, the protesters seized 60 police officers and their
general and threatened to hang them.
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- MEXICO: Calderón fixes prices
- BRAZIL: Still booming
- ARGENTINA: Consumption dips
- CHILE: Central bank raises rates
- URUGUAY: Strong
- PARAGUAY: Trade deficit rises
- BOLIVIA: Inflation surges
- COLOMBIA: Inflation worries
- ECUADOR: Inflation jumps
- PERU: Tax revenues up 11% in May
- VENEZUELA: Odd inflation figures
- CUBA: Raúl to pay by results
- COSTA RICA: Banking competition kicks on
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: FDI booms
- EL SALVADOR: Coping rather well
- GUATEMALA: Steady
- HONDURAS: Taking delivery of Petrocaribe oil
- NICARAGUA: Gloomy
- PANAMA: Counting on the canal
- Eike Batista raises US$3.6bn for start-up
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- BRAZIL : Booming food prices speed up deforestation
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