Venezuela to chop 3 zeros off currency bills
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President Hugo Chavez said he will chop three zeros off new bolivar currency bills to bolster Venezuelans' perception of a strong currency in a bid to curb inflation, which is now highest in Latin America.
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez prepared to send helicopters into neighboring Colombia to pick up three hostages who have been held for years by leftist rebels.
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Emerging debt spreads are likely to  trade in ranges early in the week ahead of Venezuela's bond  sale results and the IMF meeting late in the week.
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At midnight on New Year's Eve, Turkey will cease to be the land of the millionaires and billionaires.  That is when the government drops six zeros from the national currency and Turkey loses the dubious distinction of being the country with the largest denomination in circulation, the 20,000,000 lira, worth only about $15.
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U.S. drivers could be among those affected by Venezuela's increasing disarray.
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HAVANA Â· The central bank president says he is committed to keeping the Cuban peso&#39;s value on par with the US dollar in the wake of his country&#39;s decision to remove the US currency from circulation.
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Cubans and tourists lined up to change U.S. dollars into local currency Sunday, the last day to do so without paying a 10 percent surcharge that is part of a government measure to eliminate the dollar from circulation on this communist-run island.
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PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil  - Venezuelan President Hugo  Chavez said on Sunday the final resolution to the worst  diplomatic dispute between Venezuela and Colombia in years will  depend on the outcome of a meeting between the two countries'  presidents this week.
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Cuba announced Monday that US dollars will no longer be accepted at stores or other businesses on the communist island starting next month in a move that will radically change the way
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By Pascal Fletcher CARACAS, Venezuela  - Venezuela on Sunday slappedhigher taxes on foreign oil companies operating in its hugeOrinoco heavy crude belt in what President Hugo Chavez called adrive to tighten sovereign control over petroleum resources.
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HAVANA  - Thousands of Cubans queued up yesterday to swap US dollars - which have been legal tender here for over a decade - for local convertible pesos, in a mad rush ahead of November 8, when US currency will be locked out of commercial transactions
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CIENFUEGOS, Cuba  - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez proposed on Friday extending a barter scheme used by Cuba to other Caribbean and Central American nations to help them pay for oil supplies with products and services.
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Turkey launched a new currency Saturday by dropping six zeros from the old one, in a sign of progress in its decades-long struggle with inflation. But getting rid of old habits in a country where even a loaf of bread costs hundreds of thousands isn't likely to be easy.
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BUCK STOPS HERE: Cuba announces that dollars will no longer be accepted in stores and businesses, saying it is trying to regain control of its economy as Washington cracks down on the flow of the U.S. currency to Cuba. A convertible peso will be put in circulation.
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Cuba said on Monday that it was ending  circulation of the U.S. dollar in its territory as of Nov. 8 in  response to tightened U.S. economic sanctions.
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Venezuela is buying helicopters, boats and military transport planes in defense deals worth about &#36;2.7 billion, modernizing its military as tensions grow between leftist President Hugo Chavez and the United States.
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HAVANA - Cuba is moving to end circulation of the widely-used US dollar, a response to tighter American sanctions on the communist island.