{
  "id": 1451511,
  "title": "Venezuela Economic Emergency Decree: What It Does",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/venezuela-economic-emergency-decree-what-it-does",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T08:11:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Rio Times",
    "slug": "the-rio-times",
    "url": "https://www.riotimesonline.com/venezuela-economic-emergency-decree-2026/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Venezuela's acting president has signed a 60-day state of economic emergency, the fifth such decree since April 2025. The government claims 21 quarters of growth, but no published data backs it up. The post Venezuela Economic Emergency Decree: What It Does appeared first on The Rio Times .",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}