https://insidecostarica.com/2014/01/23/venezuela-limits-access-us-dollars/ Costa Rica's Leading English Language News Source Tue, 28 Oct 2025 04:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.2 https://insidecostarica.com/2014/01/23/venezuela-limits-access-us-dollars/#comment-6763 expatin paradise Sat, 25 Jan 2014 00:42:00 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=13059#comment-6763 What Maduro is doing by controlling the value of the dollar vs the bolivar is keeping those Venezuelans who have assets captive in what id possibly the most dangerous country in Latin America (based on reported figures, they’re second to Honduras, but the official Venezuelan figures are believed to be about half the real rate). I know people there who are afraid to leave their homes because multiple of their friends and neighbors have been killed or severely injured during robberies. They would like to leave, but they can get an acceptable exchange for their money.

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