Bolivar Farmers Exchange

Tokens of utopia; Venezuela's alternative currencies.
The Economist (US); 12/20/2008; 840 words; ...these tokens can be exchanged for the bolivar, the country's legal currency. Their...Hernandez. In the shops they cost 3.5 bolivares each ($1.63 at the official exchange rate), but we're going to sell them...Mr Chavez has spoken about requiring farmers to sell a proportion of their products...

Meeting notes
Daily Record, The Wooster, OH; 5/18/2008; 2968 words; ...Canton, North Canton, Bolivar, Mount Vernon, Fredericksburg...Catan's. Wooster Exchange Club On April 1, the...On April 10, the Exchange Club visited The Village...held on April 24, the Exchange Club was recognized...Elementary School), Triston Farmer and Sierra Williamson...

Colombian Commander Extradited to U.S. After Leniency Deal Collapses
The Washington Post; 5/8/2008; 774 words; ...them to confess to crimes in exchange for reduced sentences. "We...to disarm their fighters in exchange for leniency from the government...commanded the powerful Central Bolivar Bloc, which ran a lucrative...while liquidating opponents and farmers, in part to erode support...

The rise of the "Boligarchs"; Venezuela.(Venezuela's new rich)
The Economist (US); 8/11/2007; 1438 words; ...is twice its black-market exchange rate. So the savvy investor...contrast, manufacturers and farmers face price controls and risk...is known, in obeisance to Bolivar, as the Boli-bourgeoisie...endogenous development . But farmers and manufacturers struggle...

Chavez Gets More Power by Nationalizing
AP Online; 1/9/2007; 1022 words; ...ranch lands to poor farmers. Chavez calls it his...independence hero Simon Bolivar. "The eight-year...new era - the Simon Bolivar national plan, Bolivarian...on the New York Stock Exchange. Verizon Communications...on the New York Stock Exchange - immediately plunged...