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Venezuelan Protesters Unleash 'Poop Bombs' As Currency Collapses 99.5%

11-5-2017 < Blacklisted News 73 69 words
 

President Nicolas Maduro has overseen an unprecedented depreciation in his country’s currency since taking office, with the bolivar now down 99.5 percent to 5,100 per dollar in the black market that everyday Venezuelans use.   As Bloomberg reports, the sharp decline has wiped out savings and made buying imported goods all but impossible, helping fuel the anger directed at the government in street protests that have turned deadly in recent weeks.

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