Talk:Venezuelaball/@comment-30858153-20170829022136/@comment-5110284-20170901191239

While his nation suffers from inflation, crime, shortages, and other issues.

The economy is rigged (to the benefit of the President and to the detriment of the citizens of Venezuela)


 * Only government leaders have access to the special rate of BsF. 10 per dollar.
 * The official rate for the rest of the economy is BsF. 3345 per dollar.
 * But Venezuelans use the parallel "free" dollar rate of BsF. 18,471 per dollar (as of Sep. 1, 2017).