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Show r I - A I ! U - VS .... & 1 I ---. A . i I yA Sometimes you just ?otta put kids in their place. And wTerTy on the road, that place is buckled m then own safety belts, and firmly. Do this and your kids will be more than ready for the long road ahead of them YOU CC'JLB LEASH A LOT FROM A KMft EUGKLf SAFETY EE1I A! " "" Foi mow information, oill the Airbag & Child Safety Home 300-424-9393 I Venezuela: Country in economic decline ftracaibofcE?S Maracay S Venezuela Colombia- lap area -f I X. -M Miles Venezuela, the Western Hemisphere's largest oil exporter, has suffered a decade of economic deterioration. Its people, history, economy: Area: 352,000 sq. mi. (more than twice the size of California) Population: 20 million; 67 Mestizo, 21 white, 10 black, . 2 Indian 1 Literacy rate: 88 Economy: Gross domestic .product: $42.4 billion; petroleum .accounts for 21 Per capita income: $2,150 Unemployment: 10.4 Officially; perhaps up to 40 Recent history: 1981: Economic deterioration leads to social unrest 1987: Teacher strikes, student rits, drug-related violence 1j988: Carlos Andres Perez becomes first former president to be re-elected (served V974-1979) 989: Riots claim 300 lives J992: Rebel troops try to overthrow Perez sblJRCE: World Almanac, Europa World Year Book, news reports i i i |