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  • We're obliged to know the hopes of our employees from Mexico

    07/24/2006 5:01:24 PM PDT · by SJackson · 57 replies · 2,183+ views
    Capital Times ^ | 7-24-06 | John Rosenow
    My wife, Nettie, and I could not believe what we were seeing. Roberto, our favorite Mexican employee for four years, had sent the money he made back to Mexico to build a bakery. We had no idea he had done that. We knew he, like most Mexican workers in the United States, sent a significant portion of his earnings home once a month. He must have sent more than the 40 percent that is typical. His family took the money and built a bakery so he would have a business to go home to in his village of Tepanzacoalco in...
  • Chávez seeks to peg oil at $50 a barrel

    04/02/2006 7:54:32 PM PDT · by aculeus · 35 replies · 1,333+ views
    The Guardian (UK) ^ | April 3, 2006 | by Mark Milner
    Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez is poised to launch a bid to transform the global politics of oil by seeking a deal with consumer countries which would lock in a price of $50 a barrel. A long-term agreement at that price could allow Venezuela to count its huge deposits of heavy crude as part of its official reserves, which Caracas says would give it more oil than Saudi Arabia. "We have the largest oil reserves in the world, we have oil for 200 years." Mr Chávez told the BBC's Newsnight programme in an interview to be broadcast tonight. "$50 a barrel...