Portrait of a Hero THE BIRTH OF A WORLD (432 pp.) —Waldo Frank— Houghton Mlfflin ($5). “If Nature is against us, we shall fight Nature, and make it obey.” The speaker is Simon Bolivar, the ...

A pair of boots and other tools used in an open pit mine are seen as Venezuelan children work through the mud in search of gold in El Callao, Bolivar State, Venezuela, in a Sept. 2, 2023.

Instead, the act devalues the bolivar by around 96 percent as it takes its new form while leaving many questions about Petro unanswered. The changes supposedly went into effect today.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez paid tribute to 19th century independence leader Simon Bolivar on Saturday by unveiling a new coffin containing Bolivar's remains and ...

This is the second time in three years that Venezuela has readjusted the bolivar after Maduro cut five zeros from the currency in 2018 as inflation hit its peak of 1.8 million percent.