Life in Caracas

Cigarette Vendors Are Currency Traders in Disguise in Caracas

Brands you’ve never heard of are excellent bolivar-laundering tools. 

Photographer: Carlos Becerra/Bloomberg
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Editor’s Note: There are few places as chaotic or dangerous as Venezuela. “Life in Caracas” is a series of short stories that seeks to capture the surreal quality of living in a land in total disarray.

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