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Montevideo, April 20th 2024 - 14:06 UTC

Tag: 100-bolivar bill

  • Thursday, February 16th 2017 - 10:43 UTC

    Thirty tons of Venezuelan currency are seized in Paraguay; smuggled from Brazil

    Paraguayan officials said they are trying to determine whether the money was brought into the country legally. (pic EFE)

    Central Bank employees will count about 30 tons of Venezuelan currency seized in a private house in Paraguay, while officials try to figure out why the vast quantity of 50- and 100-bolivar bills was brought into the country. The cash was discovered in Salto del Guaira, a city about 370 kilometers northeast of the capital of Asuncion, on the border with Brazil in a region known for the contraband trade.

  • Monday, December 19th 2016 - 09:55 UTC

    Maduro backtracks on elimination of 100-bolivar bill as looting erupts

    Violence erupts in Venezuela, forcing Nicolas Maduro to reconsider his ban on the 100-bolivar bill

    Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro reversed his decision to ban from circulation the 100-bolivar bill and gave the notes, which are worth between US$ 0.02 and 0.04 according to varying quotations, a two-week grace. The bills can now be used until January 2, Maduro said.