As pjc50 said, we have a foreign exchange control that restricts the amount of dollars you can buy in a year. It used to be $300 per year, but now it's practica

As pjc50 said, we have a foreign exchange control that restricts the amount of dollars you can buy in a year. It used to be $300 per year, but now it's practically zero because the govt has not authorized it yet. I've got some (very) small savings in dollars from some grunt jobs I do every now and then online and I can buy some stuff like prenatal vitamins, repellent, etc.