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            <title><![CDATA[Venezuela to Sell Gold Ingots to Pensioners as Inflation Soars]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2018-08-27/venezuela-to-sell-gold-ingots-to-pensioners-as-inflation-soars</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Patricia Laya]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2018 23:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Life in Venezuela, One Year After the Protests]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Cash is nearly worthless. Food and medicine are scarce. After 2017’s protests, Venezuelans are trying to resume their lives.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Noris Soto]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 04 Aug 2018 10:00:19 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Activists clash with police as they block the Autopista Francisco Fajardo highway in Caracas in 2017. Deadly battles filled the streets, but the Maduro regime has persisted. </media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Venezuela Is Said to Delay New Currency Push Amid Hyperinflation]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2018 18:02:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Invasion of the Macaws]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[No one really knows where they all came from, but Caracas is now teeming with exotic birds.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Noris Soto]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2018 10:00:20 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Caracas - Venezuela. Macaws flights over Los Palos Grandes neighborhood in Caracas Venezuela today, June 27 2018. Caracas have a population of near 800 macaws. Photographer: Manaure Quintero</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[In Caracas of All Places, a Construction Boom Suddenly Emerges]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Noris Soto]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2018 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Venezuela's Constituent Assembly Names Cabello as President]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Noris Soto]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2018 21:06:56 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Diosdado Cabello, second-in-command of the United Socialist Party, speaks to attendees before the arrival of Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela&apos;s president, not pictured, during a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018. Venezuela appears set to hold presidential elections before the end of April, a plan abruptly announced after the European Union blacklisted seven key allies of Maduro. Cabello is among those sanctioned. Photographer: Carlos Becerra/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Venezuela's Maduro Admits Mistakes, Calls for Oil Investments]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[“Let’s not lie to ourselves or to anyone,” Maduro said. “We aren’t doing things well and we need to change this country.”]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Fabiola Zerpa]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2018 16:17:47 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Venezuelan Soldiers Desert in Droves With Presidential Election Ahead]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Fabiola Zerpa]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2018 21:42:53 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Members of Venezuela&apos;s civilian militia perform during a demonstration at a &quot;Day Of National Dignity&quot; rally with Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela&apos;s president, not pictured, in Caracas, Venezuela, on Friday, April 13, 2018. Maduro was barred from a summit hosting heads of state from across the Latin America in Lima after his decision to call a snap election was condemned by the opposition as well as governments in Latin America, Europe and the U.S.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Venezuela and Panama Reconnect Flights After Diplomatic Feud]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced he was restoring flights to Panama.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2018 23:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Venezuelans Fleeing Food Lines May Rue Chile's Act of Generosity]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Sanders]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2018 12:11:02 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Venezuelan migrants take temporary shelter at Tancredo Neves gymnasium in Boa Vista, Roraima state, Brazil, on Friday, Feb. 16, 2018. Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans fleeing economic collapse are crowding into cities and makeshift camps in Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador and throughout the region, the largest mass emigration in modern Latin American history.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[In Caracas, Sick Humans Are Resorting to Dog Medicine]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Pharmacy shelves are bare, and black-market prices are sky-high. People are turning to antibiotics for pets.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Noris Soto]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2018 10:00:15 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Residents protest the lack of medicine in Caracas, on April 9.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Maduro Blames Colombia for Response to Venezuela Refugee Crisis]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Rosati]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2018 20:43:15 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela&apos;s president, pauses while speaking during a rally in Caracas, Venezuela, on Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018. Maduro and his allies have exited the United Socialist Party (PSUV) to create a new movement called &apos;We Are Venezuela&apos; ahead of the April 22 election.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Venezuela's Socialist Party Nominates Maduro for Re-Election]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Venezuela’s ruling Socialist Party nominated President Nicolas Maduro as its candidate for elections expected before the end of April.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Noris Soto]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 02 Feb 2018 19:24:11 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Monthly Salary Hikes? The Messy Business of Paying Venezuelans]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Noris Soto]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2018 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Runaway Inflation Forces Venezuelans to Pay for Christmas in Dollars]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Noris Soto]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2017 16:57:45 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Venezuela’s Opposition Planning February Primaries, Leader Says]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Noris Soto]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2017 17:38:55 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Henrique Capriles, opposition leader and governor of the State of Miranda, speaks during an event marking his last day as governor in Caracas, Venezuela, on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017. Capriles spoke about the importance of voting to liberate Venezuela ahead of the October 15 regional elections.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Maduro Taps Finance Minister as Venezuela Central Bank Head]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Oct 2017 17:45:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Venezuelans Turn to Animal Lottery to Gamble Devalued Bolivars]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Noris Soto]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Oct 2017 16:36:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[De 172 a 115 libras, una mirada íntima al hambre en Venezuela]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[“Si no hacemos algo, todos vamos a morir de hambre.”]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2017 15:30:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[From 172 to 115 Pounds: The Faces of Venezuelan Hunger]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[“They have no right to starve someone this way.”]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Noris Soto]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2017 08:00:14 GMT</pubDate>
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