In Brief: On Venezuela & On New Zealand

VENEZUELA Standard & Poor’s downgraded #Venezuela & put the chances of sovereign DEFAULT in coming 2 yrs at 50%. >>http://goo.gl/aXg9py >>> Uh-oh! #Peru Alonso Segura is new Finance Minister / has the task of reviving economy hit by lower commodity prices. http://goo.gl/aXg9py -----------------------------------------------------  NEW ZEALAND MT I've just spoken 2 my friend John key PM of NZ. I congratulated him on a big election win on back of great economic plan [Dave Cameron] >> Fancy these two being chums ... LOL -----------------------------------------------------  COMMENT ALONSO SEGURA new Finance Minister, Venezuela. Wall Street Journal indicates he's a well-known economist.  No policy changes expected.  Article - here. Not only is it unbelievable that Key got elected; now Judith Collins is back as well! *Facepalm* -- what's going on in NZ? The Scotland and New Zealand results are really depressing.