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DolarToday is an American website that focuses on Latin American politics and finance.The company is more known for being an exchange rate reference to the Venezuelan bolívar, a currency which is not freely convertible; [2] it is also known for the company's focus in monitoring the Venezuelan economy.
In 1990, the number of Internet users in Venezuela was minimal, but 35.63% of Venezuelans were Internet users by 2010. [236] In fact, the number of Internet subscribers has increased sixfold. [ 246 ] Programs such as the National Technological Literacy Plan, which provides free software and computers to schools, have assisted Venezuela in ...
Venezuela exports rice, corn, fish, tropical fruit, coffee, pork and beef. Venezuela has an estimated US$14.3 trillion worth [28] of natural resources and is not self-sufficient in most areas of agriculture. Exports accounted for 16.7% of GDP and petroleum products accounted for about 95% of those exports. [29]
With her arms full of $11.87 worth of bananas, red peppers and onions, an elderly woman at a produce stand in western Caracas approaches vendor Walquiria Garcia and offers to pay with a $10 or $20 ...
Ámbito Financiero is an Argentine newspaper founded on December 9, 1976, by economist Julio A. Ramos. It is one of the main economic newspapers. It was initially sold in Downtown Buenos Aires, covering mainly the daily prices of the U.S. dollar, gold, stocks, etc., and included other editorials. Ámbito Financiero was acquired by Orlando ...
During Venezuela's economic crisis, the rate of gold excavated fell 64.1% between February 2013 and February 2014 and iron production dropped 49.8%. [35] The production of steel and aluminium of multiple Venezuelan steelmakers dropped in 2014, with the state-owned steelmaker Sidor having a drop in production of 33.5%, the lowest levels since the 1980s.
This made the hard bolívar the second-least-valued circulating currency in the world based on the official exchange rate, behind only the Iranian rial, and between September 2017 and August 2018, according to the informal exchange rate, the hard bolívar was the least-valued circulating currency unit in the world.
Venezuela was listed in the 2015 Press Freedom Index as 137th out of 180 countries, [a] and its position has worsened since: in 2021 Venezuela was listed as 148 out of 180. [ b ] and in 2023 it was listed in the 159th place, with its situation devolving from "difficult situation" to "very difficult situation" level. [ 1 ]