President Donald Trump says American intervention in Venezuela will bring billions of dollars of investment in the country's infrastructure, a revival of its once-thriving oil industry and a new age of prosperity for the Latin American country. But those pledges of future prowess can be hard to digest for Venezuelans living through today's crumbling economy. The International Monetary Fund estimates Venezuela’s inflation rate is a staggering 682%, the highest of any country for which it has data. That has sent the cost of food beyond what many can afford. People typically work multiple jobs just to survive, and still cupboards and refrigerators are nearly bare. An estimated eight in 10 people live in poverty.

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — The streets of Bolivia's largest cities, La Paz and Santa Cruz, were brought to a standstill on Friday as public transp…

LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England on Thursday cut its key interest rate for the first time in four months as stubbornly high inflation that ha…