Venezuela black-market dollar breaks four-digit barrier

Venezuela's bolivar currency fell below 1,000 to the dollar Wednesday, breaking the four-digit barrier for the first time amid a deepening economic crisis, according to a banned foreign exchange website. The dollar was trading at 1,003.23 bolivars, according to US-based website dolartoday.com, which President Nicolas Maduro accuses of being part of an "economic war" by right-wing interests on the nation's recession-hit economy. Venezuela uses exchange controls to ensure affordable prices for imp