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Venezuela may be in the grips of “21st-century socialism” but that barely registers with the luxury-brand, bag-wielding, BlackBerry-using elite who crowd the country’s malls. Venezuelans love shopping. So it’s no surprise that President Hugo Chávez has muscled in by launching a series of “socialist” brands.
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