Venezuela, Home Of Gold And Famine

04-14-2018 • zerohedge.com by Alex Deluce

Venezuela has become known for its shortages.

Venezuela Approves Decree on the Use of Cryptocurrencies

04-10-2018 • https://news.bitcoin.com

Venezuela's National Constituent Assembly has approved the decree on the use of cryptocurrencies and the country's new "oil-backed" currency, after repeatedly declaring the Petro illegal. The new currency began its initial coin offering last

Meet the Charity 'eat BCH' - the P2P Electronic Cash-to-Food System

04-04-2018 • https://news.bitcoin.com

Over the past few months of 2018 flying under the radar, there's a new charity aimed at feeding Venezuelan citizens and their children -- a group called 'eat BCH.' The group has been getting a lot of bitcoin cash (BCH) donations towards feedi

Venezuelans to Buy Homes and Property with State Cryptocurrency

03-26-2018 • https://news.bitcoin.com

Venezuelans will be able to buy houses and other property with their new national cryptocurrency. Real estate deals in petro will be authorized in April, President Maduro announced. The government will also finance the construction of 230,000 new hom

The Chilling Similarities Between the Ukrainian Genocide and the Depopulation of Venezuela

03-23-2018 • https://www.theorganicprepper.com

I have never been too interested in politics - not other than major events or some regional news - until I went through a process of accelerated growth of my political conscience. This is not going to be an extremely prepper-oriented article, but

Trump Issues Bizarre Executive Order Banning Purchases Of Venezuela's Cryptocurrency

03-20-2018 • https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden

Cryptos are moving sharply lower in response to news that President Trump has issued an executive order banning the U.S. purchases of the "Petro", the cryptocurrency which was infamously rolled out by the Venezuelan government; the order comes as par

Trump Signs Executive Order Banning Venezuela's Petro Cryptocurrency

03-20-2018 • Bitcoin.Com News

U.S. president Donald Trump has signed an executive order banning American citizens from using Venezuelan cryptocurrencies. In effect, this means that the petro, recently launched by Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, is now illegal in the U.S. The

Venezuela Recruiting Citizens to Mine Cryptocurrencies

03-19-2018 • https://news.bitcoin.com

Venezuela is calling for its citizens to build cryptocurrency mining farms throughout the country. The government has set up a crypto mining program which president Nicolas Maduro hopes will attract at least 1 million people such as university studen

"The Only Full Fridge In Venezuela Is In The Morgue": Tomas Paez

03-18-2018 • zerohedge.com by Sabrina Martin

Sociologist Tomas Paez argues that the disastrous socialist public policy of Chavez and Maduro has been the primary factor in the massive exodus from Venezuela.

Venezuela's 4,000% Hyperinflation 'Breaks' Cash-Weighing Scales

03-16-2018 • https://www.zerohedge.com, by Tyler Durden

Mired in a brutal economic collapse, Venezuela refuses to publish basic statistics.

Venezuelan oil production might drop to 1.35 million barrels per day in 2018 or even 1 million

03-16-2018 • Next Big Future

Sudden drops in Venezuelan production could cause oil price spikes and other OPEC members and Russia could cheat on the deal to cut production. There could also be more production from shale oil producers in the USA.

Venezuela Faces the Return of Forgotten Diseases

03-15-2018 • https://www.theorganicprepper.com

Dear fellows, I want to tell a little story of this last week. My son had a rash in his little armpits and other parts. So his mom took him to the doctor, within walking distance from our subdivision (our SUV is still busted). After the subsequent b

Venezuelan millionaire refugee now working as a personal trainer

03-15-2018 • https://www.sovereignman.com

It's been a few months since I've traveled to Medellin- I have a number of investments and business interests in this region, and I like to check in on them from time to time.

The Collapse of Venezuela Was "a systematic destruction to seize our freedom

03-09-2018 • https://www.theorganicprepper.com

In this article, I would like to expose how this government-induced collapse has affected the psychological health of the population. And I would like to make special emphasis on the word induced. The nature of the corruption cases has been so large

Sick Venezuelans flee to Colombia in mounting refugee crisis

03-08-2018 • http://abcnews.go.com

In a cramped hospital near Colombia's border with Venezuela, migrants fill stretchers bearing the wounds of the deteriorating nation they left behind.

Venezuela's "Petro" Cryptocurrency: Money in Revolt

03-06-2018 • https://www.newsbud.com, PYE IAN

The Venezuelan government of Nicolás Maduro is desperately attempting to reverse the entire nation from teetering on outright state collapse.

Venezuela oil workers are dying of hunger - a military coup in 2018 seems inevitable

03-05-2018 • https://www.nextbigfuture.com

Starving Venezuelan oil workers are growing too weak for heavy labor. They are too fatigued to act quickly which leads to more fatal accidents. Crude oil makes up about 95% of Venezuela's exports. The country has no other source of foreign income.

Venezuela oil workers are dying of hunger – a military coup in 2018 seems inevitable

03-04-2018 • https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wang

Starving Venezuelan oil workers are growing too weak for heavy labor. They are too fatigued to act quickly which leads to more fatal accidents.

A photographer's journey out of Venezuela

03-04-2018 • https://ca.news.yahoo.com, By Carlos Garcia Rawlin

The bus station was like a funeral home. Families were weeping and hugging, saying their goodbyes. Everybody was sad and scared - the ones leaving because they were facing an uncertain future, and the ones staying behind because they were facing mugg

Venezuelan President Orders Airlines to Accept Petro, Cryptocurrencies for Tickets

03-04-2018 • https://www.ccn.com,

Venezuela's oil-backed cryptocurrency keeps making headlines, as the country's cryptocurrency superintendent, Carlos Vargas, recently announced that airlines in Venezuela can now accept the Petro (PTR) and other cryptocurrencies as a payment meth

Venezuela's Petro: Stable Coin For Crypto-Economy Or Illegal Oil Futures?

02-25-2018 • https://www.zerohedge.com, by Thomas Meyer

Starting in late 2017 Venezuela's President Nikolas Maduro began expanding heavily into media space in an attempt to promote a new payment instrument– the government-issued cryptocurrency Petro.

Maduro Asks Venezuela's Banks to Mine and Use Cryptocurrency - Unions Outraged

02-23-2018 • https://news.bitcoin.com

Venezuela's president Nicolas Maduro has authorized all savings banks in the country to mine and use the recently launched national cryptocurrency, the petro. Union leaders are outraged by the suggestion, calling the petro a scam, accusing Maduro o

Venezuelan COPS Kidnapped Pro Athlete's Elderly Mom and Held Her For Ransom…

02-23-2018 • by J.G. Martinez D.

Venezuelan COPS Kidnapped Pro Athlete's Elderly Mom and Held Her For Ransom…and This ISN'T Unusual

ETH or NEM? The Confusion Surrounding Venezuela's 'Petro' Token Blockchain

02-22-2018 • ccn.com

As recently covered by CCN, Venezuela's Petro (PTR) oil-backed cryptocurrency is now being sold to investors in its pre-sale stage.

Venezuela Says Pre-Sale of Oil-Backed Petro Cryptocurrency Has Raised $735 Million

02-21-2018 • https://news.bitcoin.com

Venezuela has announced that the pre-sale of its oil-backed cryptocurrency, the petro, has attracted $735 million on the first day. The government has also published a buyer's manual and confirmed that buyers can use "hard currencies and cryptocu