The virtual currency called “PETRO” causes an imbalance in Venezuela since the current government has implemented to give bonds to public employees, retirees and pensioners through the card of the country, half Petro which must spend it through the biopayment system, (point of sale designed by the bank of Venezuela) and system that only some shops have, for the month of December when I started the allocation of Petro almost all commercial establishments accepted it already by January 4, 2020 the system was maintained, Until January 5, it was the payment method most used by Venezuelans to spend their Petros, it would stop liquidating operations in Bolivars and would deposit merchants directly in Petros affecting users since no trade accepts to be liquidated in Petros .

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It is worth stating that at the time the queues to pay in petras were immense without counting that the business owners speculated on the prices of the items playing with the need of the people since because of the economic situation of the country most of the users left in Search for products from the basic food basket.

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Total failure of economic measures implemented by the government when the former president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela spoke of an internationally recognized currency and cannot be used even in the country where it was created.