New exchange system won’t solve Venezuela’s dollar drought

Venezuela’s new foreign exchange system will do nothing to reduce the economy’s reliance upon high oil prices and petro-loans from China. If either of these props give way, “Chavismo” will quickly unravel and the economy could be plunged into a balance of payments crisis.

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