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The inflation rate in Venezuela is expected to reach 13,000 percent this year. And that means the country's currency, the bolivar, is pretty much useless. But one Venezuelan living in Colombia has a plan. He's making handbags out of worthless bank notes, and selling them. The BBC's Boris Miranda has details.

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