Within hours of a presidential decree on January 8th devaluing the currency by up to 50%, long queues formed outside household-appliance shops in Caracas, the capital.

• 一月八日，总统颁布命令后的数小时内，通货贬值高达五成，首都加拉卡斯杂货店外的排队人龙绵延上百公尺。