AP Images A Chinese national, living in Venezuela, looks for his passport in the remains of the building where he maintains a home and business in Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela, Monday, Dec. 19, 2016, that were looted by demonstrators the night before. Hundreds of Read more ... police and soldiers have been deployed to the streets of Ciudad Bolivar, where weekend violence left dozens of businesses destroyed or damaged after massive looting over the sudden decision to yank the 100-bolivar, the most widely used currency note from circulation. #APPhoto by Alejandro Cegarra

Yahoo Finance Dozens of businesses were destroyed.

The Wall Street Journal The government of Venezuela has decided to extend the use of the 100-bolivar note until Jan. 2, following protests and looting by people angry at being left largely without cash.

NPR Live now: Gustavo Dudamel leads the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela at Carnegie Hall.

The New York Times Imagine someone had dug up the skull of George Washington to make a new portrait. That's sort of what happened in Venezuela.

The New Yorker Alexander von Humboldt was a naturalist, an inventor, and a prolific author. Several of his books became international best-sellers, and inspired figures as diverse as Charles Darwin and Simón Bolívar.

The Economist Venezuela’s currency, the bolívar, is worth a thousandth of what it was in 1999, when Hugo Chávez came to power http://econ.st/1InqluG

NBC News It's in the center of the American Heartland but Bolivar, Missouri, got its name from a Latin American general and liberator admired by early settlers.

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A decent, moderate man, José de San Martín believed dictatorial government was essential in South America, but shrank from imposing it. Simón Bolívar suffered no such restraints