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Oil, dollars and daily survival: the strange state of Venezuela’s economy

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A pumpjack with the colors of the Venezuelan flag is seen on a street in Caracas on January 20, 2026. Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez said on January 20, 2025, that her country has received $300 million from a United States sale of Venezuelan crude and she will use it to prop up her country's battered currency, the bolivar. (AFP via Getty)
A pumpjack with the colors of the Venezuelan flag is seen on a street in Caracas on January 20, 2026. Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez said on January 20, 2025, that her country has received $300 million from a United States sale of Venezuelan crude and she will use it to prop up her country's battered currency, the bolivar. (AFP via Getty)

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