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Venezuela Extends Blockade on Dutch Caribbean Islands

Venezuela has extended a commercial blockade on three Dutch Caribbean islands - Aruba, Cura莽ao and Bonaire - accusing them of harbouring powerful smuggling gangs.

Venezuela has extended a commercial blockade on three Dutch Caribbean islands - Aruba, Cura莽ao and Bonaire - accusing them of harbouring powerful smuggling gangs. We hear from journalist Leoni Leidel-Schenk in Cura莽ao , who writes for Caribbean Network. The World Bank says global economic growth is likely to strengthen this year, after turning out better than expected in 2017.But Franziska Ohnsorge, the World Bank's lead economist, tells us the recovery is part of a cycle, rather than real improvement. Plus, the 大象传媒's Sameer Hashmi reports on India's hopes for its economy in 2018. And the man suing Google for discriminating against conservative white men

All this and more discussed with our two guests throughout the show - Catherine Yeung, Investment Director at Fidelity International, in Hong Kong, and Andy Uhler of Marketplace in Austin, Texas.

(Photo: Cura莽ao's capital, Willemstad. Credit: AFP.)

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