ヴェエネズエラ：通貨を変えようとして大混乱

BBC Venezuela 'paralysed' by launch of sovereign bolivar currency 22 Aug 2018

「President Nicolás Maduro launched the new banknotes on Monday, revaluing and renaming the old bolivar currency.」

　あのビルマ／ミャンマーも、アレな通貨変更の試みが大市民運動につながりましたわな。

「The government says this will tackle runaway inflation, but critics say it could make the crisis worse. The notes went into circulation on Tuesday.」

　こうして（相当無茶な）「経済再建策」を展開する一方、自然災害にも見舞われて：

「eparately on Tuesday, Venezuela was shaken by a powerful earthquake along its northern coastal region that was felt in Caracas, where many of the city's buildings were evacuated.

US seismologists reported a magnitude 7 quake with an epicentre in the east of Venezuela, while the Venezuelan authorities recorded a magnitude 6.3 quake.」

　きっついなこれ。

「Venezuela's black market in dollars was even frozen by the currency shift amid confusion and economic uncertainty.」

　一時的であれ、闇市場が停止しました―というのは政権側としては嬉しい情報かもしれないが、通貨変更だなんて大きなカードに対して、まったくつりあってないなあ。

　ともあれ

「President Maduro also said the sovereign bolivar would be tied to the petro, a virtual currency the government says is linked to Venezuela's oil reserves.」

　ヴェネズエラ政府肝いりの暗号通貨とリンクさせるのだそうで、まあ場合によっては儲かるかもよ。しらんけど。