hard currency – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com Fri, 28 Feb 2020 00:03:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://onvenezuela.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-Screen-Shot-2019-12-20-at-12.31.03-PM-1-32x32.png hard currency – Summaries of news and views OnVenezuela https://onvenezuela.com 32 32 In Venezuela’s major cities, over 50% of goods are sold in hard currency https://onvenezuela.com/in-venezuelas-major-cities-over-50-of-goods-are-sold-in-hard-currency/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=in-venezuelas-major-cities-over-50-of-goods-are-sold-in-hard-currency Thu, 27 Feb 2020 13:26:39 +0000 https://onvenezuela.com/?p=1677

More than 50% of basic goods sold in Venezuela’s major cities are paid for in hard currency, a local economic consultancy Ecoanalitica said on Wednesday, amid a broad liberalization campaign by the government of President Nicolas Maduro. By Brian Ellsworth and Richard Chang. Full text-> Reuters

]]> Venezuela’s Maduro lets companies issue securities in hard currency https://onvenezuela.com/venezuelas-maduro-lets-companies-issue-securities-in-hard-currency/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=venezuelas-maduro-lets-companies-issue-securities-in-hard-currency Thu, 06 Feb 2020 12:01:00 +0000 http://onvenezuela.com/?p=1136

 Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday authorized local companies to issue securities in hard currency, amid a broad liberalization of an economy that was for years hemmed in by stringent socialist controls. by Brian Ellsworth, Richard Chang. Full text -> Reuters

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