It’s time for MUD to offer a Political Plan for Transition
MUD desperately needs to signal to mid-ranking chavistas who are not involved in Human Rights abuses that their best bet right now is to break with the regime. Here’s how.
What’s left at the bottom of the barrel
Wondering where the heck the government can still scrounge up some cash to keep the show going that little bit longer? Here is a list of dismal “options.”
Mandela on the Guaire?
Like Mandela in South Africa, a viable opposition presidential candidate in Venezuela must establish himself as the best alternative for the government, maintain control of his party, and have strong support from a rival voting base.
On DICOM, Chavismo Mágico, and Failed Attempts at Randomness
There's an underpaid intern somewhere in a BCV basement office trying his damnedest to make our exchange rate spread look like a random number. He's failing.
A Very Chavista Reform
Any reform that gets this government from point A to 2019 and marginally improves the current situation is solid gold in chavismo's handbook. Let's to put on the red beret and think economics like a chavista would.
The Year of No Food
Back in February, we tried to figure out what the big import contraction could mean in terms of hunger. We were alarmed by what we found. Ten months later, reality far outstripped our most pessimistic forecast.
Timing the Murder of the Bs.100 Bill
As Maduro announced the withdrawal of the 100Bs bill, I couldn’t stop wondering, “Why now?” It turns out they timed it just right -and botched it anyways.
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like H-Bomb
Instead of obsessing endlessly on the DolarToday rate, we'd do better to track the percentage of public sector imports that come in at the crazy Bs.10/$ rate. That's the fuel that's feeding the hyperinflationary bonfire.
ICYM: Reports of the death of the price control regime are greatly exaggerated
Official prices are rising. This means the government must've come to its senses and started lifting price controls, right? Not at all! Pedro Rosas leads you on a guided tour of a crazy system.
Being Emil Paul Tscherrig
Give Chúo Torrealba a break. The real news from yesterday is that Monsignor Emil Paul Tscherrig, the papal envoy, got played.
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