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OAS offers support for recount after tight race in Venezuela

The regional body’s secretary-general offered the services of election experts “in the context of deep division and political polarization”.
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Ghost of Chavez gives Maduro the bird

Like Alice in Wonderland, the campaign leading up to Venezuela’s April 14 presidential election just gets ‘curiouser and curiouser’....
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Quit crying for Chavez and campaign for me

Venezuela’s acting president urges supporters to secure “victory against the forces of evil, against the forces of darkness”....
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Venezuela opposition leader vows to end subsidized oil to Cuba

Capriles maintains that halting cheap oil sales would free up resources to boost public employee salaries by 40 percent....
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Caracas to probe claims that Chavez was poisoned by enemies

Critics dismiss the move as another ploy to distract attention from pressing issues in the forthcoming presidential election....
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Capriles contends with homophobic slurs and Chavez’s ghost in ugly start to election

The opposition leader is also said to be playing with fire, offending Chavez’s family by criticizing the handling of his illness and death....
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Body of Chavez to join other world leaders and stuffed animals on permanent display

Even in death, the late Venezuelan president will be subjected to scrutiny and ongoing invasive procedures....
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Chávez Invigorated the Left in Latin America

Elected and re-elected several times as president of Venezuela since 1998, Chávez “felt called upon by destiny to follow the path of (independence hero) Simón Bolívar and be a kind of revolutionary leader in the world against the empire, the United States....
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Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez is dead

Chavez, 58, who had not appeared in public since he returned from Havana, died after suffering a new, severe respiratory infection....
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Chanderpaul plays his 300th first-class match

Chanderpaul has now scored 22139 first class runs and has a high-score of 303.
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First Citizens Investment Services receives award for service excellence

The St. Lucia-based investment company is the sister firm of First Citizens Investment Services (Barbados) Ltd., and of First Citizens Bank, which opened its doors in Barbados in 2012.
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“New record high” of foreign direct investment in Caribbean - ECLAC

ECLAC predicts that this year's FDI inflows to the region will range between a fall of three per cent and a rise of seven per cent.
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Salary increases on the way for St Lucia public servants

Government said that the increase will be a one per cent in the first year followed by a 1.5 per cent hike for the remaining two years.
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LIAT to present legal opinion summary to Trinidad prime minister

The shareholder governments have complained that the Port-of-Spain subsidy to CAL is a violation of the Revised Treaty of Charguaramas that governs the regional integration movement.
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Caribbean Airlines records estimated losses of US$70m

Caribbean Airlines, which began operations in 2007, acquired Air Jamaica in 2011. The Jamaican Government has a 16 per cent stake in the Trinidadian air carrier.
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Caribbean governments need to modernize tax system - study

The study argues that taxation is largely viewed in the region as a means of generating income to pay governments’ bills, rather than as a valuable instrument to achieve important development goals.
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St Lucia budget aims at reducing subsidies on basic food commodities

Prime Minister Dr. Kenny Anthony told legislators that the budget, which he described as “realistic” and meeting the socio-economic challenges of the country “head on.”
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Jamaica uncovers scheme involving PETROTRIN oil products

Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister Anthony Hylton told parliament the scheme was brought to the attention of the Portia Simpson Miller administration by the private sector.
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St Lucia economy contracts by almost one per cent in 2012

Prime Minister Anthony blamed the decline on reduced activity in the construction, distributive trade, transport and communications sectors.