UNITED STATES (VOP TODAY NEWS) – Venezuela is abandoning the US dollar, with all future transactions on the Venezuelan exchange market and all of it will be made in euro, said the country’s Vice President for Economy, Tareck El Aissami.

#ANUNCIO || Vicepresidente Sectorial de Economía @TareckPSUV: Todas las transacciones del mercado nacional, incluyendo las subastas de @dicomve, van a estar referenciadas con euro, yuanes o cualquier otra moneda convertible. #RegionesEstratégicasProductivas pic.twitter.com/jVYeoM4Aj3 — Vicepresidencia Vzla (@ViceVenezuela) October 16, 2018

The sanctions, recently introduced by Washington against Caracas, “block the possibility of continuing to trade using the US dollar on the Venezuelan exchange market,” El Aissami said

According to the Vice President for Economy the American restrictions were “illegal and against international law.”

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