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Could Venezuela dollarise successfully?

Comments by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro suggest that the government considers dollarisation as an option to tackle hyperinflation. If implemented, this would probably bring inflation down sharply. But we doubt that this would be sustained so long as the current government is in power.

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