That story is mentioned in the thread I've shared in my reply
Better to link to the original Reddit thread, than some news article that might have fluffed up the story a little bit.
After a bit of digging, I've found this:
https://medium.com/@jonathan.wheeler/leveraging-bitcoin-to-solve-venezuelas-hyperinflation-9f60c71d380b (original announcement)
https://www.coindesk.com/plan-send-millions-bitcoin-venezuela-taking-shape/ (shorter news article)
There were plans of sending millions of Bitcoins to Venezuelans, I have to idea what the progress on that is.
It's good to see that there are bitcoin related initiatives though.