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A cashier counts US dollars at a currency exchange office in Caracas on February 19, 2015. The Venezuelan bolivar opened Thursday at 172 to the dollar on the first day of a government sponsored exchange meant to compete with the black market. The opening rate was 27 times the official rates of 6.3 to the dollar, available only for priority imports like food and medicine. The leftist government of President Nicolas Maduro earlier this month partially liberalized the country’s system of strict currency controls by allowing banks and brokerage houses to sell dollars at what the market will bear. AFP PHOTO / FEDERICO PARRA