The situation in Venezuela is grim. When conditions take a turn for the worse those on the bottom of the social hierarchy feel it the worse, and of course those are almost always females. I read in the Globe and Mail about Carmen Tovar and her now deceased daughter
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The Disaffected Lib: Deadlier Than Putin’s Missiles. The IMF Pays Ukraine a Visit.
The International Monetary Fund has worked its magic on Ukraine. The carrot is about $17-billion in bailout funding. The stick is the market price of natural gas. Soon the democracy-loving Ukrainians will see their gas bills soar nearly threefold. While Kiev will have to help poorer families pay for pricier
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