CHOCOLATE RATION INCREASED FROM 30 GRAMS TO 20: Inflation-Hit Venezuela Is Pulling Its Largest Bill From Circulation.

The surprise move, announced by Maduro during an hours-long speech, is likely to worsen a cash crunch in Venezuela. Maduro said the 100-bolivar bill will be taken out of circulation on Wednesday and Venezuelans will have 10 days after that to exchange those notes at the central bank.

Critics slammed the move, which Maduro said was needed to combat contraband of the bills at the volatile Colombia-Venezuela border, as economically nonsensical, adding there would be no way to swap all the 100-bolivar bills in circulation in the time the president has allotted.

Maybe Maduro is pulling the 100-bolivar bills to make way for a new and improved 10,000-bolivar bill.