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Venezuela Fights Use of English Words

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“President Hugo Chavez’s government is taking its battle against U.S. “imperialism” into Venezuelans’ dictionaries, urging state phone company workers to avoid English-language business and tech terms.

Through a campaign launched Monday, newly nationalized CANTV hopes to wean employees and others from words like “staff” (“equipo” is preferred), “marketing” (“mercadeo”) and “password” (“contrasena”).”*

*From: ap.google.com
Traducido: usando Google o Altavista/Babel Fish

Posted on: February 26th, 2008
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Filed Under: 1. Hispanic News, International, Language Issues, Tomás' Picks
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