"God will provide"
The intense hatred people feel for Nicolás Maduro and company stems, in large part, from the fact that they just don't show up for work.
Economy
How do elections to the National Assembly work?
Venezuela's National Assembly is chosen through a Mixed, Single Member Constituency/Proportional Representation System. Only some of the Single Member Constituencies have more than one member, and the Proportional Representation System is not proportional. Any questions?
We found the 2016 National Budget (sort of)
Tired of waiting for Marco Torres to fill us in on how much money Venezuela will spend next year, Anabella Abadi went ahead and got us the scoop.
Why is Venezuela’s oil production stagnating?
Turns out when you give away a product basically for free, you run out of money to make more of it.
Money is Useless: Inside The Cola Lifestyle in Guayana
What happens when a very shy economist from Ciudad Guayana has to pop his Mercal cola cherry?
Doña Petra vs. the Machine
How do you move from a kleptocratic system of control to a progressive system of support and economic institutionalization?
Branding the Maracucho Dream
Amid the worst recession in the country's history, niche players who grasp the power of branding are still managing to thrive in Maracaibo.
Techies Who Earn Bolivars
For international tech firms in the hunt for talent, Venezuela is the new Bangladesh.
You Can Have Any Watch You Want, So Long As It's a Rolex
A Wall Street Journal investigation reveals major criminal probes are ongoing into corruption on a quite staggering scale in Rafael Ramírez's PDVSA.
What's the deal with blackouts?
How one overloaded circuit in San Juan de los Morros can cause a blackout in Maracaibo.
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