Lining up from dawn with backpacks and plastic bags full of cash, Venezuelans flocked to banks across the nation on Tuesday to ditch 100-bolivar bills after President Nicolas Maduro’s surprise move to pull them from circulation. Soldiers watched as people jostled in lines clutching Venezuela’s largest denomination bill – now worth just 3 U.S. cents on the streets – which they have to deposit before it becomes officially worthless. Maduro announced the measure on Sunday, to the consternation of Venezuelans who have become accustomed to stashing large volumes of cash at home as the bolivar currency’s value has plunged in the crisis-hit OPEC nation. Many businesses stopped receiving them immediately. Accused by critics of taking a nonsensical and rushed measure, Maduro, 54, justified it as an attempt to outwit international mafias, especially on the Colombian border, hoarding bolivars for contraband. “To the people of Venezuela, especially pensioners, drivers, […]