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Venezuela food prices drop in August ahead of crucial congressional election

Friday, September 10th 2010 - 02:33 UTC
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Venezuela reported the slowest monthly inflation of the year in August after the government moved to tackle sporadic food shortages by importing more goods ahead of the September 26 congressional elections. Read full article

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  • avargas2001

    Food price drop is good for the poor and hungry, at least this is not like in Argentina where meat producers are purposely downsizing their herds to bring the price up, this is why it's importat to nationalize the bulk of our products for national security.

    Sep 10th, 2010 - 05:34 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • harrier61

    Always a good idea to cut food prices just before an election. Stops the people thinking you might be crap.

    Sep 11th, 2010 - 08:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0

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