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	<title>Future Atlas &#187; Venezuela</title>
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		<title>Tips for the post-American age</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2008/10/05/tips-for-the-post-american-age/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 02:33:32 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Parag Khanna, author of The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New World Order, offers some tips for a new US president in the October issue of Wired, in an article by Daniel Pink.

The United States can avoid decline by &#8220;tightening trade and energy ties to the rest of the hemisphere, pursuing economic innovation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Venezuela: soft power still weak</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/08/venezuela-soft-power-still-weak/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Dec 2007 13:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cultural power]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite vigorous efforts to increase Venezuela&#8217;s &#8220;soft power,&#8221; Hugo Chavez does not appear to be succeeding, according to data released by Pew this week.
In 5 of 6 major Latin American nations, majorities have little or no confidence in Chavez as a leader.  In Brazil and Peru, majorities have &#8220;no confidence at all&#8221; in him. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New global e-readiness rankings</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2006/04/27/new-global-e-readiness-rankings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2006/04/27/new-global-e-readiness-rankings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Apr 2006 18:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Economist Intelligence Unit released its 2006 e-readiness rankings yesterday. The index is a measure of a country&#8217;s readiness for e-business, judged by Internet access, broadband penetration, innovation, information security, and other factors. More telling than the ranking is the country&#8217;s distance from a score of 10.
The ratings are a good indicator of general abilities [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Venezuela seeks soft power</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2006/04/05/venezuela-seeks-soft-power/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2006/04/05/venezuela-seeks-soft-power/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2006 02:14:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Latin America]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the direction of President Hugo Chavez, Venezuela is spending billions to bolster its political influence and image in Latin America and beyond, on everything from samba parades in Brazil to heating oil for Americans.
According to the NYT,
with the biggest oil reserves outside the Middle East, Mr. Chávez is more than an irritant. He is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latin American competitiveness 2005-2006</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2006/04/05/latin-american-competitiveness-2005-2006/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2006/04/05/latin-american-competitiveness-2005-2006/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2006 01:38:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Argentina]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Competitiveness]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The World Economic Forum has released its new report on Latin American competitiveness.
Twenty-one countries are evaluated on the basis of macroeconomy, institutions, infrastructure, health, education, market efficiency, tech readiness, &#8220;business sophistication, and innovation. The rankings say a lot about the prospects of these countries &#8212; and 20 of the 21 rank poorly.
Country (global rank out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Venezuela: big-budget social change</title>
		<link>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2006/03/11/venezuela-big-budget-social-change/</link>
		<comments>http://www.futureatlas.com/blog/index.php/2006/03/11/venezuela-big-budget-social-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Mar 2006 22:32:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Future Atlas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A useful introduction to current Venezuelan politics from Smithsonian.  An oil-fueled social experiment is changing things.
In recent surveys by the Caracas market research firm Datos, a majority of Venezuelans said they had benefited from government spending on food, education and healthcare. In 2004, the average household income increased by more than 30 percent.
But the experiment&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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