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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
111 months ago
The Wall Street Journal The Venezuelan government deployed 3,000 troops to the southeastern state of Bolivar on Monday after people desperate over the government’s elimination of much of the country’s currency looted stores and homes over the weekend.
Venezuela Deploys Troops After Weekend Riots
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The unrest took an especially heavy toll on Chinese immigrants, who own many of the grocery stores in the capital, Ciudad Bolívar, and nearby towns.
111 months ago
Yahoo Finance Dozens of businesses were destroyed.
Looting leaves stores in ruins in Venezuela's Ciudad Bolivar as economic crisis continues
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Hundreds of people in Venezuela's Ciudad Bolivar are massing outside the few supermarkets that survived massive looting over the weekend, waiting for them to open.
111 months ago
NPR Venezuela's president blames the currency phase-out on "an international sabotage." He's also extended border closures with Brazil and Colombia.
After Outbreak Of Looting, Venezuela Delays Phase-Out Of Large Currency
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In a short TV appearance Saturday night, Maduro told his nation that 500-bolivar notes that are meant to replace the 100-bolivar currency are delayed.
111 months ago
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.
Venezuela Extends Use of 100-Bolivar Note to Jan. 2
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Civil unrest flared around the South American country following Mr. Maduro’s surprise move earlier in the week to void Venezuela’s 100-bolivar note.
111 months ago
Yahoo Finance The country's businesses and citizens are getting screwed.
Venezuela's bolivar weakens past 1,500/dollar on black market
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Venezuela's bolivar currency weakened on Monday past 1,500 per dollar on the black market following a 19 percent depreciation of the exchange rate since last week.
113 months ago
Los Angeles Times Maria Christina Johnson — also known as Maria Hendricks, Gia Hendricks, Maria Christina Gia and Maria Hainka — has been arrested and charged.
Woman accused of stealing from online dating matches has long history of fraud, officials say
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By the time she was arrested, investigators estimated she had spent more than $250,000 of her victims’ funds.
119 months ago
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
Crackers in Caracas
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THIS month Venezuela’s currency, the bolívar, passed a melancholy milestone: its value on the black market is now a hundredth of what it is supposed to be at the...
128 months ago
January Benjamin Can you help spread awareness for Maria's rare disorder and maybe help find a solution that may help her live a little longer? http://www.gofundme.com/memoriesformaria
Click here to support Making Memories for Maria by Christy Ohrt Anderson
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As many of you know, our dear friend Maria is going through a LOT right now! She has an insanely brave life story filled with hospital visits, needles, procedures tubes and more! If you are unaware of Maria's story here it is... Maria Kramer was b Read more ... orn on March 29th 2006 and pretty much spent th...
131 months ago
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.
Hispanic Heartland: Bolivar, Missouri, Where Two Continents Met
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BOLIVAR, MISSOURI -- On July 5th, 1948, the drum majorette forgot about the soupy Missour-ah humidity: who could think about that when you were...
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