chronic shortage

Venezuela To Swap Highest Denomination Banknotes For Coins

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The Venezuelan government has announced that it will replace the country’s highest-denomination banknotes with coins within 72 hours. It hopes this will help to combat smuggling and tackle the chronic shortage of food and other basic items. President Nicolas Maduro says gangs that operate in border areas will not have time to repatriate the money. … Read more

Health Care In Africa

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In the war between humanity and disease, perhaps the greatest victory of recent years took place in Africa. At the turn of the millennium, serious analysts expected HIV/AIDS to kill up to half the people in some southern African countries. But then the price of anti-retroviral drugs fell from $10,000 a year to as little … Read more