BBC: Venezuela 'paralysed' by launch of sovereign bolivar currency
Venezuela came to a standstill on Tuesday as the country tried to deal with its newly introduced currency.
Thousands of businesses closed in order to adapt to the "sovereign bolivar", and many workers stayed at home.
President Nicolás Maduro launched the new banknotes on Monday, revaluing and renaming the old bolivar currency.
The government says this will tackle runaway inflation, but critics say it could make the crisis worse. The notes went into circulation on Tuesday.
President Maduro had declared Monday to be a bank holiday.
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WNU Editor: In the future students will be taught that if you want to destroy a vibrant economy, study what Venezuelan President Chavez and Venezuelan President Maduro did to their country.
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ReplyDeleteWNU,
There's slow learners then there's non-learners. As various financial bubble boosters, housing, stocks, tulip bulbs, etc., beat the tom toms they repeat an old saw "This time it's different".
Ho hum. Been there, seen that.