| [Brazil] has the world's sixth largest car industry, but major car making firms like Mercedes and Volkswagen have placed their workers on mandatory leave.--especially concerned for the smaller economies in Central America and the Caribbean --rop in the price of oil has also raised concerns about the future of social programmes in major oil exporting countries in the region like Ecuador and Venezuela. |
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.
Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.
