"The currency controls that Chavez implemented have exacerbated some of the very problems they were meant to address: inflation and capital flight from the country. The lack of dollars has left importers struggling to pay for basic items that range from toilet paper to bread and wine for church masses. It is also fueling the highest price rises in the Americas, 45 percent in the last year. For critics of the government, the phenomenon of sold-out flights is a symbol of excessive interference and economic mismanagement during the last 14 years of socialist rule." ca.news.yahoo/boat-venezuela-flights-booked-full-months-141950761.html
Posted on: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 05:15:36 +0000
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