What do U.S. financial sanctions mean for Venezuelan oil? Will PDVSA be pushed into default? Or will they just make selling oil to the U.S. a little more inconvenient? We navigate through the ins and outs of Executive Order # 13808.
The Chinese may be throwing a lifeline to the Venezuelan government through a fishy deal, again sinking the country further into misery and helping Maduro remain in power at all costs.
The Trump administration is considering a ban on some or all Venezuela/PDVSA bond trading, and now bondholders are leaving the market while they still can.
Nicolás Maduro and the Constituent Assembly are hell-bent on doubling down on the price control policies at the root of Venezuela’s economic meltdown.
Mexico is exploring a devious plan to eat Venezuela’s Petrocaribe lunch, potentially breaking one of the last pinche bastions of diplomatic support Caracas has left.
Say what you will about president Maduro, he didn’t start the expropriation scheme. His predecessor did, and you better believe it’s time to pay.
PDVSA’s financial statements for 2016 are in, and it’s all sorts of fun — if you’re into suffering and crying.
The U.S. needs a way to put meaningful pressure on the Maduro regime without making oil prices spike or Venezuelans starve. The way you do that is Oil-for-Food.
With the U.S. preparing to cut off PDVSA, you’d imagine the company would be a hubbub of contingency planning for this catastrophe. You’d be wrong.
The bolivar lost two thirds of it's value on the black market in 77 days. We unpack the currency's collapse.
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