DolarToday Venezuela: How much is the dollar trading at? Today, Monday, January 17, 2022

The dollar in Venezuela was operating on the rise this Monday, according to DolarToday, amid the statements of an opponent who assured that the economy fell 75% between 2014 and 2021

In the opening, the dollar It stood at 4.91 digital bolivars in the informal market in Venezuela, an advance of 2.24% compared to 4.80 the previous day, according to data from the portal DolarToday.

Former Venezuelan opposition deputy José Guerra assured this Sunday that Venezuela’s economy fell 75% between 2014 and 2021 for what he described as “false” that extreme poverty is at 4.1% as indicated by President Nicolás Maduro in the surrender annual management.

“Maduro said that in 2021 general poverty reached 17.6% and critical poverty 4.1%. Fake. This is incompatible with an economy whose national income has fallen by more than 75% between 2014 and 2021, in addition to hyperinflation.”, explained the also economist on his Twitter account.

Guerra added that the minimum wage in the Caribbean country buys 0.6% of the basic basket. ”If those are the levels of poverty in Venezuela, there is no humanitarian crisis and there is”, he expressed.

“Maduro said that the economy grew 7.6% in the third quarter of 2021, but the year has four quarters, in the first three there was no growth, although we probably closed the year with a slight recovery of 4% or 5%, which is nothing compared to to the 20% drop of 2020″, added the opponent.

Guerra pointed out that, although the last three months of 2021 the inflation registered in the country was “relatively low”, it means an inflation of more than 125% for 2022.

With information from EFE