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PROBLEM: BRUSSELS/BERLIN (Reuters) - On the eve of his trip to Europe  Rex Tillerson gave a speech last week that European allies had waited months to hear: an âironcladâ promise of U.S. support to its oldest allies.
 U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson  participates in a panel discussion after  his  remarks on U.S.-European Relations at the Wilson Center in Washington  U.S.  November 28  2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
The question is whether European officials believe him  given tensions during his April visit to Europe  when Reuters reported  Tillerson  initially planned to skip a NATO meeting in Brussels and then only attended under pressure from allies.
âIf there were expectations that  Tillerson  might evolve into a counterweight to Trump  someone who could pass on messages from partners and exert moderating influence over American foreign policy â those expectations have been disappointed â said Niels Annen  foreign policy spokesman for Germanyâs Social Democrats in parliament.
The French have gone around  Tillerson  to develop contacts with U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis  White House National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster and White House Chief of Staff John Kelly  while the EUâs top diplomat Federica Mogherini has gone directly to Vice President Mike Pence.
One European diplomat said  Tillerson  was in a difficult position from the outset because the Trump administration was hostile to Iran and brought in a team of generals who took a hard line  âso it never left  Tillerson  much room.â

SOLUTION: U.S. allies fret as 'guillotine' hangs over Tillerson

PROBLEM: The increasingly difficult climate for home builders and the inability of the Chavez government to deliver on promises to build enough apartments and houses have led to a housing deficit now estimated at 2 million units.
 Chavez has announced several plans to address the problem  and has often said housing should be controlled by the government. He recently announced a new kind of low-income housing to be financed by oil revenues. Still  last year  private industry built 45 600 units  twice as many as the government.
 Cabello  the Chavez minister who announced the decree requiring builders to refund buyers  said his office had received 1 700 complaints in recent weeks from home buyers about excessive mark-ups for inflation.
 So far this year  Chavez and his local allies have seized dozens of private properties  mostly farms and ranches that the government deems underutilized. He has also encouraged squatters to occupy land and residential buildings. The measures reflect Chavez's goal of building a socialist economy and to weaken private enterprise  but they have had a chilling effect on new construction  thus exacerbating the housing shortage  critics say.
 One new wrinkle was added this week when Chavez allies in the Vargas state government authorized the takeover of two golf courses in a Caracas suburb called Caraballada. Local officials say the courses will be converted into housing and parkland.
 "Venezuela has always had a housing deficit  but it's gotten worse in the last 10 years  since Chavez took office " Puente said. "With the oil price boom  he has had the resources to improve things  but relatively little has been accomplished."
 If the government decree sticks  Briceno is unsure how he will manage the refunds and whether he will be able to keep his 300 workers on the payroll.
 "If this becomes law " he said  "the collateral effects will be loss of jobs and economic paralysis."

SOLUTION: Venezuelan Home Builders Protest Change in Terms

PROBLEM: (CNN) Pitcher Roy Halladay  who won two Cy Young awards and more than 200 Major League Baseball games during a stellar career  died Tuesday in a plane crash off the Florida coast  authorities said.
 Halladay   40  was the only person on the two-seater plane that crashed just off New Port Richey on the Gulf coast north of the Tampa Bay area  Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco said.
Another above average view thanks to my Icon A5! Time it took to get from my lake to here 15min... Having a island to yourself.. Priceless!! pic.twitter.com/oWn7jCHC05  â Roy Halladay (@RoyHalladay) October 17  2017
 Halladay  pitched parts of 16 seasons in the major leagues  the first 12 with the Toronto Blue Jays.  He  won the Cy Young for the Jays in 2003  when  he  went 22-7 with a 3.25 ERA and led the American League with nine complete games.
 He  was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies before the 2010 season and won another Cy Young in  his  first year with the team. That season  he  went 21-10 with a 2.44 ERA and threw a perfect game in the regular season and a no-hitter in  his  first postseason start. The no-hitter is the only one in National League postseason history.
"There are no words to describe the sadness that the entire Phillies family is feeling over the loss of one of the most respected human beings to ever play the game " a team statement said. "It is with the heaviest of hearts that we pass along our condolences to ( his  wife) Brandy  (and sons) Ryan and Braden."
 Halladay  finished  his  career with a 203 wins and a career ERA of 3.38.
"He was one in a million " said Nocco  the sheriff  who was a friend of  Halladay 's. "It is a true loss for us. ... His heart was a heart of gold. He was an unbelievable human being."
Nocco said  Halladay  often spoke of  his  love of flying.
Former Blue Jays teammate Vernon Wells said  Halladay  was one of the best pitchers ever.
"I had a front row seat to watch  his  greatness. RIP Doc " Wells tweeted  referencing a Halladay nickname.
 Halladay  will be eligible for the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2019.

SOLUTION:
Roy Halladay former MLB star pitcher  killed in Florida plane crash