Venezuela currency - updates

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Venezuelan business leaders hit Maduro's new banknotes

Aug 21, 2018 - 11:56 AM

(UPDATED) Alongside the bolivar redenomination, President Nicolas Maduro announces other measures to tackle widespread poverty, including a massive 3,400% wage hike

NEW BILLS. Picture of a new five Bolivar-note (R) and its equivalent in old Bolivar-bills in Caracas on August 20, 2018. Photo by Federico Parra/AFP

Venezuela loosens grip on currency in bid to ease crisis

Aug 03, 2018 - 8:58 AM

The Constituent Assembly, dominated by President Nicolas Maduro's loyalists, announces the passage of a decree authorizing money exchange operations

CURRENCY. In this file photo, a customer receives money at a currency exchange office in Caracas on February 19, 2015. File photo by Federico Parra/AFP

Venezuela to remove 5 zeroes from currency

Jul 26, 2018 - 12:23 PM

The measure, according to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, seeks to 'protect' local currency

HYPERINFLATION. A man counts 1000-Bolivar-bills to buy groceries at the municipal market of Coche, a neighborhood of Caracas, on June 20, 2018. Photo by Federico Parra/AFP