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In April 2000, Venezuela's president decreed a new mining law and regulations were adopted to encourage greater private sector participation in mineral extraction. 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%. [156]
The 2009–2010 banking crisis occurred in Venezuela when a number of the banks of Venezuela were taken over by the government, after "the revelation that several banks owned by Hugo Chavez supporters were in financial trouble after engaging in questionable business practices. Some were seriously undercapitalized, others were apparently lending ...
Preliminary data compiled by Venezuela's central bank shows the economy shrank by 16.6 percent in 2017 compared with the year before, two sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday, the ...
This article needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (April 2023) Economy of Venezuela Plaza Venezuela in Caracas Currency Bolívar Digital (VES) Fiscal year Calendar year Trade organizations WTO, OPEC, Unasur, ALBA Statistics Population 28,301,696 (2022) GDP $102.328 billion (nominal, 2024 est.) $224.526 billion (PPP, 2024 ...
Venezuela's economy is highly dependent on oil production and exportation. [2] Venezuela is a member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Its economy is prone to disruption given that price of oil fluctuates rapidly. In 2014, oil prices dropped. Since then Venezuela has had to adapt to a significant decrease in state revenue.
The respite — coming after Venezuela's economy contracted 80% from 2014 into 2021 — even prompted some Venezuelans to return from Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and other Latin American countries ...
Venezuela’s government, in turn, said it was expelling diplomatic staff from Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Peru, Panama, the Dominican Republic, and Uruguay, calling them “right-wing ...
Just before the May 2018 Venezuelan presidential election, the U.S. sanctioned four Venezuelans and three companies it said were involved in corruption and money laundering [42] including Diosdado Cabello, Chavismo's number two person and President of the ANC, [42] Cabello's wife, Marleny Contreras Hernández de Cabello, Venezuela's Tourism ...