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Re:Venezuela Forcibly Converts Pensions into Petro by celticninja on Monday December 17, 2018 @04:50AM (#18697922)
I cant find one, the Fiancial Times have covered Venezuela and petro in the past and they have no mention of it. Looks like BS to me based on one line in what appears to be a financial statement/email.
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Re:Venezuela Forcibly Converts Pensions into Petro by jsty on Monday December 17, 2018 @05:32AM (#18698085)
They've reported on the switch to the 'new Bolivar' [1], which has an official conversion to the Petro. So the Venezuelan government might well just now be switching to issuing new Bolivars, and reporting their value in Petros (I can't say why this would make any particular sense, except perhaps to make the distinction from old Bolivars clear).

[1] https://www.ft.com/content/7e19a908-a48c-11e8-8ecf-a7ae1beff...

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Re:Venezuela Forcibly Converts Pensions into Petro by gaius on Monday December 17, 2018 @04:57AM (#18697953)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/venezuelan-government-forcing...

All stories reference the same Caracas Chronicle blog, it seems

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Re:Venezuela Forcibly Converts Pensions into Petro by holografix on Monday December 17, 2018 @04:51AM (#18697926)
Can’t find any either. Surprising...
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