Maduro Locks Up Economists Sharing Data on Venezuela’s Decline

A man passes a foreign-exchange themed mural in Caracas on June 2. The widening gap between the official and black-market rates threatens to fuel inflation.Photographer: Pedro Mattey/AFP/Getty Images

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President Nicolás Maduro has intensified his crackdown on independent economists and consultants, detaining at least eight people in what critics call a bid to control data exposing Venezuela’s decline.