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		<title>Euphoria: Valero Reopens</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 12:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Valero Energy Group just announced plans to reopen the facilities in St. Nicolas. Wide spread euphoria within ranks of the government, workers, Valero and financial commentators was the result. Is this euphoria merited really? Not so fast. Don&#8217;t get me wrong, there&#8217;s certainly something to say about workers getting their jobs back, without question. This new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Valero Still Closed</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After temporarily closing down its facilities in St. Nicolas, Valero Refinery Aruba still is seeking buyer for the aging facility. Several parties have shown interest but couldn&#8217;t reach an agreement. Another difficult point is the island government. Any party interested in acquiring the refinery needs to meet certain demands, specifically fiscally, environmentally and labor. Oil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>January 1: Taxes lowered, gas prices lowered</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new government took helm of Aruba early November, after beating the incumbent party in the general elections in September 2009. The new government campaigned fiercely against many unpopular measures introduced by previous leadership. This obviously helped them into power and obtained majority seats in parliament. One of the principal promises was the reversal of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wind Turbines Operational</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:28:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wind power]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The last few months a major assembly work for 10 wind turbines took place at Vader Piet, in St. Nicolas. These wind turbines are expected to bring some stability to the consumer prices in Aruba. According to the wind turbines operator whenever the oil prices are $55 per barrel or higher, the windmills are cheaper [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rare gasoline price drop</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gasoline]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow gasoline will drop with about 5%. Naturally these drops are rare in this part of the world. Nevertheless, any drop is welcome. For more information visit arubalife.net/gasoline.]]></description>
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		<title>Governing Party Losses, Blames Valero</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:59:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[valero]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A day after the general elections in Aruba, with devastating results for the governing party, the resigning Prime Minister of Aruba put the blame for the strong defeat at The Netherlands government and Valero CEO for meddling in internal affairs. Just a few day before the general elections Valero Aruba Refinery owner, Valero Energy Corp., based in San Antonio, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aruba General Elections</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today finally the wait is over. For many local politicians the people will decide what their faith is going to be. General Elections are being held today and at stake are 21 seats of parliament. The last time general elections where held was on September 23rd, 2005. In Aruba we don&#8217;t elect the executive cabinet, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feels like 80s all over again</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[valero]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On 9/11 (Seriously?!) Valero HQ in San Antonio, Texas decided to shut down Valero Aruba Refinery. Most sub-contractors and its workers have abandoned the refinery-premises. The scenes we saw last week remembered us vividly about the big devastation was when Lago Aruba Refinery shut down its doors back in the 80s after having been in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gasoline up again, this year 37%</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gasoline]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I think that by now we are used to this news. Gasoline rose again this month. After having a continues rise in gas prices, it finally dropped in August, just to go back up this month. Gasoline price rose with almost 5% in comparison to last month. For more detail visit arubalife.net/gasoline.]]></description>
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		<title>Valero San Antonio: Valero Aruba Gone</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 02:38:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gabriel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[valero]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Valero Energy CEO has declared that until the margins in the oil products don&#8217;t improve, Valero Refinery Aruba won&#8217;t open. Translation: Valero Aruba is history. As written a few week ago, don&#8217;t expect Valero to remain on the island for much longer. As soon as the contracts for delivery of products locally expire they will [...]]]></description>
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