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August, 5 2018
POLITICS
Bogota -
The outgoing president of Colombia, Juan
Manuel Santos, said he sees the fall of
Nicolás Maduro's regime in Venezuela
close, despite the "effective repression"
he has exercised over the population.
"I see it close, a country with the inflation
that Venezuela has," say a million percent
the International Monetary Fund that is
going to arrive, "that regime has to fall
apart," said the outgoing president on
Monday in an interview. With the AFP at
the seat of government.
The Government of Venezuela decided to lift the rule that prohibited operations in dollars,
a decision aimed at encouraging foreign investment. The members of the National
Constituent Assembly of Venezuela approved the repeal of the Foreign Exchange Law.
Venezuela's Vice President of Economy Tareck El Aissami said that legalizing money
operations would be "a great opportunity" and a "new beginning" in a speech before the
Constituent Assembly.
It is sought that the population can trade their currencies, but in the amounts and at the rates
that the authorities say, and in the designated exchange bureaus.