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Venezuelan City Launches Its Own Currency Amid Cash Crunch

A banner depicting Venezuela's currency, the bolivar, at the central bank of Venezuela in Caracas in January. The bolivar has lost the vast majority of its value in just the last year. (AFP/Getty Images)
A banner depicting Venezuela's currency, the bolivar, at the central bank of Venezuela in Caracas in January. The bolivar has lost the vast majority of its value in just the last year. (AFP/Getty Images)

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