Venezüella, IMF ve Dünya Bankası üyeliğinden çıkacak
Venezüella, ''ABD emperyalizminin emrinde'' olmakla suçladığı Uluslararası Para Fonu (IMF) ve Dünya Bankası üyeliğinden çıkacağını açıkladı.
Venezüella Devlet Başkanı Hugo Chavez, 1 Mayıs İşçi Bayramı vesilesiyle katıldığı bir kutlama toplantısında yaptığı konuşmada, ''Bundan böyle, ne IMF'ye, ne Dünya Bankasına ne de başka hiç kimseye ihtiyacımız yok. Artık Washington'a gitmek zorunda değiliz'' dedi.
Chavez, ayrılma kararını bu kuruluşlara en kısa zamanda resmen bildireceklerini söyledi.
Dünyanın 5. büyük petrol ihracatçısı olan Venezüella, petrol fiyatlarının yükselmesi sayesinde IMF'ye ve Dünya Bankasına olan bütün borçlarını kapatmıştı.
IMF ile Dünya Bankasını Latin Amerika'nın içinde bulunduğu yoksulluktan sorumlu tutan Chavez, Latin Amerika ülkelerinin kendi aralarında alternatif bir kredi kurumu oluşturmalarını savunuyor.
Chavez, ciddi bir sermaye katkısı sağlamaya söz verdiği ve ''Güney Bankası'' adını önerdiği bu alternatif bankanın Latin Amerika ülkelerinin bağımsız kalkınma politikalarına yardımcı olacağına inanıyor.
Venezüella Devlet Başkanı Hugo Chavez, 1 Mayıs İşçi Bayramı vesilesiyle katıldığı bir kutlama toplantısında yaptığı konuşmada, ''Bundan böyle, ne IMF'ye, ne Dünya Bankasına ne de başka hiç kimseye ihtiyacımız yok. Artık Washington'a gitmek zorunda değiliz'' dedi.
Chavez, ayrılma kararını bu kuruluşlara en kısa zamanda resmen bildireceklerini söyledi.
Dünyanın 5. büyük petrol ihracatçısı olan Venezüella, petrol fiyatlarının yükselmesi sayesinde IMF'ye ve Dünya Bankasına olan bütün borçlarını kapatmıştı.
IMF ile Dünya Bankasını Latin Amerika'nın içinde bulunduğu yoksulluktan sorumlu tutan Chavez, Latin Amerika ülkelerinin kendi aralarında alternatif bir kredi kurumu oluşturmalarını savunuyor.
Chavez, ciddi bir sermaye katkısı sağlamaya söz verdiği ve ''Güney Bankası'' adını önerdiği bu alternatif bankanın Latin Amerika ülkelerinin bağımsız kalkınma politikalarına yardımcı olacağına inanıyor.
Milliyet, 1 Mayıs 2007
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Chavez Boosts Wages 20%, Highest in Latin America
By Guillermo Parra-Bernal
April 30 (Bloomberg) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez raised the country's minimum wage by 20 percent, setting Latin America's highest pay scale.
Chavez increased the monthly minimum wage, excluding a food subsidy allowance, to 614,790 bolivars ($286) from 512,325 bolivars last year. Chavez also said he plans to propose to a committee studying changes to the constitution that the work week be reduced to 36 hours from 40 hours.
``This is justice, this is real labor justice,'' Chavez told a gathering of workers at Teresa Carreno Theater in Caracas. ``Now all of us can say that Venezuela is on the path of setting high standards of living for our labor force.''
Pay is growing at a pace likely to spur faster price increases while increasing costs for businesses hampered by price controls and other government-imposed restrictions that are curbing profits, according to some economists. Chavez is using a record oil windfall and winning over support among the labor force by boosting salaries faster than inflation.
``These policies are pretty much like a Molotov cocktail, they act like pouring gasoline on the fire,'' Teodoro Petkoff, a former planning minister and a leader of the opposition to Chavez, said in an interview in Caracas. ``By raising wages excessively, by ramping up spending unrestrainedly, this government is just further feeding inflation.''
Labor unions linked to Chavez's government and to the political opposition were seeking a minimum wage increase of as much as 100 percent, partly to recoup losses from quickening inflation. Annual inflation was 18.5 percent in March, the fastest in Latin America.
Overtaking Argentina
Today's increase will allow Venezuela's minimum wage to leapfrog those in the rest of Latin America. The minimum wage in Argentina, traditionally the highest in the region, ranges from $250 to $290. In countries such as Bolivia and Ecuador, the monthly minimum wage is about $60.
The raise becomes effective tomorrow and will be paid retroactively through Jan. 1. Chavez also pledged to boost pensions and other benefits for employees whose salaries are at the lower end.
``There are elements in all this that makes us workers think that the future is brighter for us,'' said Tony Navas, head of Caracas-based Health Workers' Trade Union. ``The measures should entice hiring and better pay conditions.''
Chavez increased the monthly minimum wage, excluding a food subsidy allowance, to 614,790 bolivars ($286) from 512,325 bolivars last year. Chavez also said he plans to propose to a committee studying changes to the constitution that the work week be reduced to 36 hours from 40 hours.
``This is justice, this is real labor justice,'' Chavez told a gathering of workers at Teresa Carreno Theater in Caracas. ``Now all of us can say that Venezuela is on the path of setting high standards of living for our labor force.''
Pay is growing at a pace likely to spur faster price increases while increasing costs for businesses hampered by price controls and other government-imposed restrictions that are curbing profits, according to some economists. Chavez is using a record oil windfall and winning over support among the labor force by boosting salaries faster than inflation.
``These policies are pretty much like a Molotov cocktail, they act like pouring gasoline on the fire,'' Teodoro Petkoff, a former planning minister and a leader of the opposition to Chavez, said in an interview in Caracas. ``By raising wages excessively, by ramping up spending unrestrainedly, this government is just further feeding inflation.''
Labor unions linked to Chavez's government and to the political opposition were seeking a minimum wage increase of as much as 100 percent, partly to recoup losses from quickening inflation. Annual inflation was 18.5 percent in March, the fastest in Latin America.
Overtaking Argentina
Today's increase will allow Venezuela's minimum wage to leapfrog those in the rest of Latin America. The minimum wage in Argentina, traditionally the highest in the region, ranges from $250 to $290. In countries such as Bolivia and Ecuador, the monthly minimum wage is about $60.
The raise becomes effective tomorrow and will be paid retroactively through Jan. 1. Chavez also pledged to boost pensions and other benefits for employees whose salaries are at the lower end.
``There are elements in all this that makes us workers think that the future is brighter for us,'' said Tony Navas, head of Caracas-based Health Workers' Trade Union. ``The measures should entice hiring and better pay conditions.''
To contact the reporter on this story: Guillermo Parra-Bernal in Caracas at gparra@bloomberg.net
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