Looting was recorded in different Venezuelan cities, such as the ports of
Altagracia,
Caicara del Orinoco,
Maturín, and Terrazas del Avila, among others.[1]
August 4 - At least two drones armed with explosives detonated in the area where president
Nicolás Maduro was delivering an address to military officers in Venezuela.[14]
October
October 2 - Per a report from the
International Monetary Fund (IMF), as reported by
Bloomberg, Venezuela’s annual
inflation rate was predicted to surge to 1.37 million percent by the end of the year. The prediction is up from as estimate of 1 million percent in July, and more than 100 times greater than the IMF's January estimate of 13,000 percent.[15] The report went on to estimate that
gross domestic product would shrink 18% in 2018.[16]