Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is pressuring banks to introduce digital payment systems as hyperinflation causes persistent cash shortages in the bolivar currency. Maduro has targeted the public transit system – where roughly three-quarters of all circulating cash is spent – as
A former U.S. soldier captured in Venezuela said on Wednesday that he had been contracted by a Florida security firm to seize control of Caracas’ airport and bring in a plane to fly President Nicolas Maduro to the United States. Venezuelan authorities on Monday arrested the man, Luke Denman, along with fellow U.S. citizen Airan […]