Venezuela to toughen price controls, set profits - Yahoo News - 0 views
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is extending price controls and will place limits on profits as he extends attempts to curb the galloping inflation that is eroding support for his rule.
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Maduro made the announcement in a late-night television address Sunday in which he also vowed to step up inspections of businesses selling shoes, clothing, automobiles and other goods to make sure they aren't gouging consumers.
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In Venezuela, the president Nicolas Maduro has extended price controls to prevent the inflation that is (against) support for his rule. "We can't allow our hard currency to be used to rob people through the sale of these goods." he harangued businessmen he accuses of usury. This article relates to price controls and politics, and shows how price controls might look like when a country is ruled by dictatorship.