With inflation predicted to reach one million percent by the end of the year, Venezuela’s getting new banknotes on Monday. The authorities are — in effect — just taking five zeros off the currency, the Bolivar. Host Carol Hills speak with the BBC’s South American editor, Leonardo Rocha.
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