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5/1/07

Xinhua - Venezuela to quit IMF, World Bank


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Venezuela to quit IMF, World Bank

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced on Monday that his country had decided to withdraw from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. Chavez made the announcement at an event to celebrate workers' rights.

"I want to formalize our exit from the World Bank and the IMF," Chavez said, adding that "We will no longer have to go to Washington, neither to the IMF nor the World Bank, not to anyone."

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