Rather oddly, President Hugo Chavez likes to compare his country's economy to a submarine. It has been sinking for much of the past two decades, and gdp dived by a massive 7.2% last year. Now, says Mr Chavez, the economy is breaking the surface again. But only just: in the first quarter of this year, the economy grew by just 0.3% compared with the same period last year.
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