Reply #138: Venezuelan economy soars 10.3 percent of GDP

[Judi Lynn]

It has to be KILLING this extreme opposition newspaper to have to run this information!

Venezuelan economy soars 10.3 percent of GDP
December 27th

Aladi forecasts 7 percent growth for Venezuela
The Latin American Integration Association (Aladi) forecast for Venezuela a growth higher than 7 percent in 2006 in a report entitled "An outlook for the international economy."

The report noted that countries such as Argentina, Cuba, Peru and Uruguay will show a similar behavior, with an expected growth of 4-6 percent, as quoted by official news agency Agencia Bolivariana de Noticias (ABN).

Aladi Secretary-General Didier Opertti explained that the international scenario boosted the Latin American region, but added that in 2007 the external impact on the region will be less favorable than in 2006.

The report estimates that regional economies will improve, including a 4.3 -percent growth in all of Aladi member states. Global exports from the hemisphere in 2006 will account for USD 630 billion, or 5.2 percent of the world trade.
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http://english.eluniversal.com/2006/12/29/en_eco_art_29A819695.shtml