In the twenty-fifth issue of #NowWhatVenezuela, we review a comprehensive investigation into impunity and re-victimization in murder cases during protests since 2014, along with some tough reflections from ICC officials
Venezuelans brace for another year of dwindling purchasing power. The black market exchange rate has once again hit 100 Bs per USD.
Everyone remembers 2017 and 2018 as the darkest days of Venezuela’s economic collapse. But after Maduro & Co. killed the local currency, the regime softened the enforcement of exchange controls and allowed the dollar to flow more freely.
The last monetary reconversion took place in late 2021, when the official exchange rate stood at 4.39 digital bolivars per dollar, with the black market rate slightly higher at 4.47.
The parallel rate has now soared past 100 digital bolivars per USD—the fourth time in history this has happened. The official rate lags behind at 68.69 bolivars per dollar. That gap now stands above 30%.
Tony paints the whole picture of the strain the very fragile “Venezuela se arregló” system is going through right now. We could even say the bubble has finally popped
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The difference between the official and parallel exchange rates for dollars and bolivars are increasing again. Why is this happening? How will it impact Venezuela?
Newsvendors have largely disappeared from our streets as Venezuela’s media landscape underwent a radical transformation
The Venezuelan-American community still lacks enough strength and coordination to influence policy, leaving Cuban and American officials as the dominant voices. Can they step up during Trump’s second coming?
Evidence is adding up: us vs them, the erasing of truth, the charge on check and balances, the flood of the public space
María Corina and Edmundo’s pitch to Trump—ousting the regime in exchange for opening Venezuela’s oil industry—involves an outdated project that Maduro himself could still hijack
Meanwhile, a PDVSA contractor is under fire after two fatal accidents in Lake Maracaibo #NowWhatVenezuela
