Can El Centro Thrive with Public Employees Taking Fridays Off?
No one's really sure what long weekends by Government Decree mean for everyday life in downtown Caracas.
Economy
Explainer: What can I expect from a Venezuelan “Piñata”?
So, you’ve been invited to your first Venezuelan Piñata. Don’t fret my dear non-Venezuelan. We’ll walk you through everything you need to know to enjoy – or at least survive - your first Venezuelan kiddie birthday party.
Las Cristinas: A US$1.38 Billion Tantrum
For the last 49 years, Las Cristinas has been a peculiar kind of mine: instead of gold, it yields lawsuits. The latest one was...expensive.
Pdvsa 22 New, A Trader's-Eye-View
Seventeen months after a bizarre, closed-doors deal between PDVSA, Banco de Venezuela and BCV, a “new” Pdvsa 6% 2022 bond turned up and fell a hair-raising 11% in its first day of ‘trading’. We set out to figure out what the hell that’s about.
Caribbean Mugabenomics
The Economist is already drawing comparisons between Zimbabwe and Venezuela.
Pdv22: The Phantom Menace
PDVSA will probably have to pay three times what it will get for a murky operation that has analysts befuddled. To the Venezuelan government, this all makes perfect sense.
Napping Through the Climate Crisis
While the rest of the world gets serious about climate change, Venezuela's political class is asleep at the switch. At the very least, we need a plan.
The Deer-in-the-Headlights as Totem
The government's latest plan to deal with long lines for basic products is one of the most heartbreaking cultural artefacts of the last seventeen years.
The Indecent Genealogy of Exchange Controls
Every family is dysfunctional, but the Venezuelan exchange control system has a particularly useless progeny.
DiPro, DiCom, DiSparate
Miguel Pérez Abad announced, a new foreign exchange system with two official rates. If you love weird new acronyms, the minister has a treat for you.
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