A reporter was showing how bad the economy is in Venezuela by exchanging a US$10 bill for Bs.8,000 (Venezuelan money). With that US$10 he was able to buy a lobster dinner, a rack of meat, and do some handsome grocery shopping. He also said that some people work for an entire month just to get that US$10!
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Inflation-Hit Venezuela Is Pulling Its Largest Bill From Circulation:
Venezuela, mired in an economic crisis and facing the world's highest inflation, will pull its largest bill, worth two U.S. Cents on the black market, from circulation this week ahead of introducing new higher-value notes Ref. Source 8w.
Venezuela reinstates the 100-bolivar banknote;
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has suspended the withdrawal of the country's most widely-used banknote. Maduro said the 100-bolivar bill will be reinstated after higher-denomination notes failed to arrive in time. Ref. Source 6y.
I saw this posted online and have to admit that according to many of the immigrants who come to my country daily things are really bad in Venezuela. What is the cause of a country with enormous amounts of oil, natural resources, gold, diamonds and a willing people to go down the tubes? I think we know the answer.
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