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What does Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez want this time? And why has Coca-Cola become his favorite whipping boy? For the third time in three years, the Venezuelan government has unloaded on the company, this time banning Coke Zero due to unspecified "dangers to health." The soft drink, produced...

Last week, facing pressure from falling petroleum prices, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez suspended the Citgo-Venezuela Heating Oil Program. Now entering its fourth year, the program provides low-cost heating oil to over 200,000 impoverished households in 23 states. Not coincidentally, it also...