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Socialist Maduro Seeks to Raise Dollars With Appeal to Greed
Amid the turmoil unleashed by the opposition’s renewed push to oust President Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela’s central bank devalued the country’s currency on Jan. 28 by 50 percent, eclipsing the parallel black market rate. It is the first time the official exchange rate has been higher than that of the black market since currency controls were put in place more than...
