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MichMan

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9. The International Monetary Fund projects a 548 percent figure for Venezuela for 2025 and 629 percent for 2026.

Reply to GreenWave (Reply #8)

Sat Jan 3, 2026, 01:46 PM

Jan 3

Venezuela's central bank has not published inflation figures since October 2024, after President Nicolas Maduro claimed victory in what is widely considered his second stolen election in a row. According to the leader himself, inflation reached 48 percent in 2024.

The International Monetary Fund projects a 548 percent figure for Venezuela for 2025 and 629 percent for 2026.

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20251114-return-to-bad-days-of-hyperinflation-looms-in-venezuela

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Venezuela's horrible requirements for industrial workers' pay as I recall when I was there. [View all] GreenWave Jan 3 OP

Sounds horrible. AloeVera Jan 3 #1

You are welcome. GreenWave Jan 3 #2

They'll warm up to vulture capitalism.. EarthFirst Jan 3 #3

Please, Maduro drove the economy & the oil sector into the ground EX500rider Jan 3 #4

Unplease. The USA Empire knows how to destabilize. They only want their vultures to get in. GreenWave Jan 3 #6

Chavez & Maduro ruined the oil sector all on their own, way before any meaningful sanctions were imposed EX500rider Jan 3 #7

I heard that their inflation rate is something like 270% MichMan Jan 3 #5

This was sometime ago before the USA introduced measures such as when Allende was President in Chile. GreenWave Jan 3 #8

The International Monetary Fund projects a 548 percent figure for Venezuela for 2025 and 629 percent for 2026. MichMan Jan 3 #9