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Venezuela’s food shortages driving people to smuggle food into country

Jun 8, 2016, 11:55 AM 0

By Alexandra Ulmer and Angry Polanco Reuters PUERTO SANTANDER, Colombia – Thousands of Venezuelans living near the border discovered years ago that smuggling heavily subsidized food into Colombia made them far more money than the meager wages from regular jobs. …

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Connecticut Retirees Expected To Be Hit Hard By Puerto Rico’s Economic Problems

Aug 10, 2015, 10:10 AM 0

By Bill Sarno CTLatinoNews.com The Puerto Rico debt crisis, if not resolved soon, is expected to have an impact far beyond the troubled commonwealth, with Connecticut, as the home to more than 250,000 Puerto Ricans, many with deep ties…