tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post4789177172997963387..comments2024-03-26T00:37:34.943+01:00Comments on Venezuela News And Views: Deliberate chaos: the first post modern cashless society. Not!Danielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-86313640017527392162016-12-14T03:38:02.649+01:002016-12-14T03:38:02.649+01:00It is true that Colombians will lose some, but as ...It is true that Colombians will lose some, but as good business men I am sure that they would not sit on top of a stack losing value each day. Thus whatever is in Colombia and cannot be brought back is, in the end, only a very small portion of all that Colombia has taken over the years.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-8723209895394750362016-12-14T00:38:14.865+01:002016-12-14T00:38:14.865+01:00Its Colombia with an o not u but dolartoday long a...Its Colombia with an o not u but dolartoday long ago had to adapt to hard to find numbers and likely will again. Yiu are correct though that if your not connected to the mafia regime it will be risky to have many bolivars. The elimination of so many 100s will shrink the money supply temporarily driving up the exchange. The real driving force though is the friends/militarty who started the black market as a way to prosperdon't like businessmen stepping in and running competition. This is to make life difficult for them allowing the regime to steal more through the exchange.Canadian Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04392005954549946976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-62583262506518972712016-12-13T15:47:53.523+01:002016-12-13T15:47:53.523+01:00Is the target of this action not Columbia and dola...Is the target of this action not Columbia and dolartoday? It seems to me that Maburro has long been bothered by Venezuelans crossing into Columbia to buy goods. This action will mean that all the Venezuelan currency currently in Columbia is now worthless unless you can somehow smuggle it back into Venezuela. In the future I would expect that Columbian businesses would no longer accept Venezuelan currency at all. Since no bolivars will be exchanged for real money in Columbia, dolartoday.com will have nothing to report! Problem solved!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630315936003692053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-51748964851818324272016-12-12T23:07:19.290+01:002016-12-12T23:07:19.290+01:00Please correct my math but I have read that there ...Please correct my math but I have read that there are 8 billion 1OO bolivar notes in circulation and a rough population over 15 years of 2O million.<br />8,OOO,OOO,OOO / 2O,OOO,OOO = 4OO notes each = 4O,OOO bolivars.<br />At the current black/real rate of 4,2OO per dollar = $9.5O per person.<br />I don't see much money that can be underground. Even 8 billion notes is just around 19O million dollars. Maduro doesn't understand nobody hordes bolivars.<br /><br />jakAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-75573152918812046272016-12-12T22:44:53.255+01:002016-12-12T22:44:53.255+01:00What I mean is that these things exist but you do ...What I mean is that these things exist but you do not have a way to buy them. You amy have the means to do so but you do not have the way to do so because there is no small cash for it.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-42366662795041225342016-12-12T22:23:01.762+01:002016-12-12T22:23:01.762+01:00Understand that some of the biggest crooks that we...Understand that some of the biggest crooks that were behind the scenes in the early Chavez era are the biggest bond holders of Venezuela bonds. When they financially destroy and bankrupt Venezuela the return on these bonds has gone up and up. Is why they default on everything but them. The biggest holders of them are all crooks reaping billions in payments legally with no objection as is how similiar crooks operate in all the world manipulating stocks and bond returns. Canadian Ashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04392005954549946976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-46638430039199636822016-12-12T22:07:40.633+01:002016-12-12T22:07:40.633+01:00Daniel, I live in the US and have these images in ...Daniel, I live in the US and have these images in my head about how horrible must be to be living in Venezuela these days. So when you write "you cannot buy gas for your car, newspapers, candies". Candies? that sounds to me like something you would buy after you have everything else (unless you are a survivor of a plane crash in the Andes) is the situation as bad as the survivors from the Andes? If it it, how are restaurants open, movie theaters, how many people have surplus income to spend in entertainment? Can you elaborate on these kinds of day to day Bolonquinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-57160186039166017702016-12-12T18:55:37.818+01:002016-12-12T18:55:37.818+01:00It's not just Maduro. He's too dumb to eve...It's not just Maduro. He's too dumb to even make dumb decisions.. There are Dozens of crooked people behind these crooked decisions. If not Hundreds.<br /><br />You see, the levels of corruption in Venezuela are incalculable. But I will guarantee you that many, many, many people are behind these kinds of moves. Maduro is just the dumb, 'tonto util" to cover up all the crooks behind this. Hundreds, at least, including the crooked military. Sledgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10963609943524453700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-24705834163992349432016-12-12T14:21:44.161+01:002016-12-12T14:21:44.161+01:00If Maduro is telling the truth about the 100 Boliv...If Maduro is telling the truth about the 100 Bolivars, this problem has been generated by his own fault. Maduro is an inept and corrupt person who has led Venezuela into bankruptcy. Our currency has no value. According to this article, as Bolivars increasingly are worth less Venezuelan paper money has served to falsify currencies of other countries. I found this article from an non- political organization in Venezuela that has been researching about it: <br />http://observatoriodot.org.ve/cms/index.php/home/sala-de-prensa/noticias-y-eventos/item/176-como-el-contrabando-de-bolivares-se-ha-convertido-en-un-negocio-rentableAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13251871416509226766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-63487012574072122172016-12-12T12:50:59.507+01:002016-12-12T12:50:59.507+01:00¡Maduro al Hospital Psiquiátrico!¡Maduro al Hospital Psiquiátrico!Arnold Conquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01607083895702607328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-65866849616216504682016-12-12T11:03:40.164+01:002016-12-12T11:03:40.164+01:00See my comment above. The disctatorship looks forw...See my comment above. The disctatorship looks forward to an insurrection. A rebellion will get better results if three lonely Venezuelans do a Bonzo in Times Square, Saint Peter's, and the Arc d' Triomphe. Fernando Leanmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16085680730729620836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-36813762114398628812016-12-12T10:59:19.404+01:002016-12-12T10:59:19.404+01:00Fidel did this early in his dictatorship. Changed ...Fidel did this early in his dictatorship. Changed the currency, and limited what could be exchanged to I believe $8000 USD. This is slightly different, but it has a Cuban flavor. The OLP extrajudicial killings are a Castro idea, we saw that in the early 60's. <br /><br />I have also warned you the idea is to incite a rebellion to shut down the few remaining shreds of freedom you have. If measure A doesn't work go to B, C, D, etc. Maduro's salsa show, Cabello's irrational discourse, everything, is intended to trigger an explosion, which they are ready to suppress using very very harsh methods. <br /><br />Don't forget the Castro regime sustains itself on two pillars: violence and lies. They mentor and direct Maduro, therefore all you will get is violence and lies. I've never felt you had much of a chance because the Europeans are surrender monkeys and mercenaries, and Obama is a closet commie, so he's going to do his best to sustain Castro and Maduro to the bitter end. Welcome to the community of the dispossessed and the deplorable, and always remember your key enemy is in Havana. Fernando Leanmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16085680730729620836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-57194668221017236172016-12-12T08:17:56.304+01:002016-12-12T08:17:56.304+01:00I happen to agree with you, the purpose of this ac...I happen to agree with you, the purpose of this action is to saw further chaos. There are few things that demotivate you from participating in rallies and volunteering in an election campaign than the inability to feed yourself.<br /><br />The downside of this 'strategy' (if you can call it that) is that it also motivates you to engage in a violent insurrection, much like France went through 227 years ago.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-58851266680927211732016-12-12T03:44:17.649+01:002016-12-12T03:44:17.649+01:00Delay what should have been done YEARS AGO, and th...Delay what should have been done YEARS AGO, and then expect it to be done in three days- one of which I believe is a bank holiday. Perhaps Daniel's chaos theory is correct. <br /><br />What part do the Cuban overlords have in this? I wonder which Cubans are telling Maduro what to do these days. Does Fidel speak to Maduro through a little birdie?Boludo Tejanonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-18372207304124033562016-12-12T02:21:50.935+01:002016-12-12T02:21:50.935+01:00It has not escaped me that India has just done suc...It has not escaped me that India has just done such a scheme with its high currency bills. However the time table to exchange the bills are extended, the low denomination are still serviceable for the basic goods like food and routine medicine and services. So it was a major inconvenience but it did not stop the Indian economy dead on track.<br /><br />This is not the case here in if any of Maduro circle thought the Indian thing was an interesting precedent we are in for a rude awakening.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.com