Critics slam Venezuelan oil windfall spending
`Missions' won't have a lasting effect, they say
CARACAS -- With oil prices at record levels, President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela has become the world's richest petro-socialist , and has vowed to spend that bounty on the poor. (Full article: 1412 words)
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