Venezuela Bolivar Hits New Milestone as Dollar Supply Declines

Bloomberg8 October 2026, 17:14 UTCVenezuela

Venezuela’s bolivar weakened past 1,000 per dollar in the parallel market for the first time, testing authorities’ efforts to contain its slide amid declining government sales of hard currency.

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