Twenty Questions for Rafael Ramírez
Here’s a mental exercise for you. Imagine just for a second that PDVSA was a properly run oil firm with an adequate worker safety culture and well-developed mechanisms...
Why We Can Win
by Isabella Picón It’s Friday night after a rough week. I’m exhausted and it’s 10 p.m but somehow I find myself with some friends, music and a cubalibre in my...
File Under: Caiga quien caiga, hasta las últimas consecuencias
Después dicen que el gobierno no es eficiente. A scant 36 hours after the Amuay disaster, and just 24 hours after he had promised an “exhaustive investigation” President...
El Cambio de Aceite
Once every great while, I get that itch that only Panfleto Negro can scratch.
Ex-PDVSAs of Caracas Chronicles, Help Me Out
At this point, we still don’t have a clear picture of how much damage Amuay Refinery suffered overall from last night’s blast. We still don’t know precisely which...
An Exhaustive Investigation
This morning, President Chávez promised an exhaustive investigation into the causes of last night’s fatal blast at Amuay Refinery. The sun hasn’t even set yet, and that investigation...
The Cadena that Wasn't
For once, today, Venezuela faced a situation where a Cadena Nacional would have been entirely appropriate, even welcome. Facing a genuine national disaster, people naturally turn to their...
Amuay's Maintenance Record Under the Spotlight
As you try to make sense of last night’s huge explosion in Amuay, do bear in mind that just this April, the indispensible Venepiramides was already on the...
Amuay Daylight Photos Start to Emerge - Yowza!
Last night’s huge blast at Amuay Refinery in Paraguaná is quickly turning into an object lesson in the impossibility of controlling information in the Twitter era. As the...
Amuay: Not your run-of-the-mill refinery screw up
Last night’s explosion and fire in Amuay – the larger bit of the mammoth Paraguana Refining Complex – was big enough to wake up most of Punto Fijo....
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