Ricardo the Consequent
The real take away from Ricardo Hausmann's illegally wiretapped conversation with Lorenzo Mendoza is that he says exactly the same things in private as he does in public.
Economy
Why Being First in Line Matters
The smart money in the VENZ/PDVSA bond market flows to bonds maturing right away. Nobody believes Venezuelan promises with due dates later than 2017.
A Budget Full of Silences
Finance Minister Rodolfo Marco Torres announced the 2016 Budget in a short speech more notable for what he didn't say than what he did.
A Gal Can Hope, Can't She?
A estas alturas del partido, why would any sane person still get worked up when President Maduro says he's going to announce economic reforms?
Venezuela For Beginners
Some background on Venezuela before Hugo Chávez Venezuela was a semi-functional democracy until the 1980s. The country was trying to develop a domestic industry thanks to the boom...
Sh!tstorm Chronicles
Before signing off from his weekly TV show, the disaster was brought to the President’s attention, and he went on to criticize the ultraderecha twitter commentators who blamed his...
Eulogio, Venezuela's mighty oil Czar
On Tuesday evening, President Nicolás Maduro announced what in revolutionary newspeak is referred to as a sacudón (shake-up), otherwise known to the rest of the globe as cabinet reshuffle. The most noteworthy replacement happened in the...
Paranoid much?
Want to make Rafael Ramirez really uncomfortable? Start talking about the need for a Transitional Government, no matter what the context. The United Nations Security Council expressed support for...
Orange is the new Black-Market Deterrent.
There’s no doubt about it: The central government has a huge “bachaquero” problem, that is, thousands of people buying regulated goods and reselling them at black market prices...
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Listen to Nelson Bocaranda´s feature of Anabella Abadi and Barbara Lira's open letter to the TSJ in his prime-time radio show today.
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