Want Groceries in Venezuela? First Stop at Six ATMs
- Biggest bolivar note worth two U.S. cents on the black market
- So desperate for cash, people queue in hope at empty machines
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Domingris Montano did the calculations as she stood in the rain at the midpoint of a queue outside a bank in Caracas. She needed to buy groceries. A package of rice would cost 3,500 bolivars, more than half the daily withdrawal limit, and the automated teller machine might be empty by the time her turn came. Maybe she could hit a few more before dark?
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