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Chavez trims budget, adds debt to counter crisis

2009/03/22 01:00:42 @Reuters: International News

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Saturday almost tripled his government's borrowing plan and trimmed his budget to offset a slide in oil revenues, but resisted pressure to devalue the local bolivar currency.
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