Oil, Venezuela’s Lifeblood, Is Now Its Social Currency, Too

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The government recently announced that $2 billion in Pdvsa revenue would bypass the central bank and form a special development fund to pay for public projects like a hydroelectric plant and a new state airline. Another $1.7 billion – taken from Pdvsa’s $5 billion capitalization budget – is going to social programs, Rafael Ram