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Venezuela Shows Outstanding Progress in Housing Construction
Caracas, May 17 (Prensa Latina) Venezuela is showing great progress in the construction of homes to benefit the population, particularly for the disadvantaged, said the State Minister for the Revolutionary Transformation of Greater Caracas, Francisco Sesto. According to Sesto, since the creation of Venezuela's Great Housing Mission (GMVV) by the late President Hugo Chavez in March, 2011, to ...
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Colombias Santos hints he will run for re-election in 2014
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos hinted on Friday that he would seek re-election next year to ensure continuity of his policies, though he did not explicitly announce his ...
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Toilet paper shortage sends Venezuelans scrambling for rolls
Toilet paper shortage: After years of economic dysfunction, the country has gotten used to shortages of medicines and basic food items like milk and sugar but the scarcity of bathroom tissue has caused unusual ...
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Venezuelans Stock Up On Toilet Paper Amid Shortage
A woman who just bought toilet paper at a grocery store reads her receipt as she leaves the store in Caracas, Venezuela, on Wednesday. The government says it will import 50 million rolls of toilet paper amid a ...
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Venezuelan shoppers hit by toilet roll shortage
There is so little toillet paper available across the country that the Venezuelan government has promised to import 50 million rolls. "Even at my age, I've never seen this," said 70-year-old Maria Rojas. She had been looking for toilet paper for two weeks when she finally found it at a supermarket in the capital Caracas. Shoppers lucky enough to locate toilet rolls are stripping ...
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