It's Rafa's world
Whomever you choose to support in the current debate raging among Venezuelan economists (suggesting, by the way, that we economists need to tone it down and get out...
Economy
Strawmanslaughter
I was disappointed to see Miguel Angel Santos, normally so lucid, join the unhinged chorus of voices passionately arguing against a straw-man made to stand in for Francisco...
Last Rites (UPDATED: A Juan Barreto Special)
Everybody’s got their favorite bit of Jorge Giordani’s heartfelt swan song, a letter he calls “Testimony and Accountability Before History.” Personally, this is the ‘graph I just couldn’t...
The End of the Monk (UPDATED)
Jorge Giordani, who as Planning Minister has done more damage to Venezuela’s economy than any single thing since Zumaque I, has been shunted out of the cabinet altogether for the...
Annals of "Vamos a aguantar ese anuncio hasta que empiece el mundial"
What a coincidence. A terrible inflation report, weeks overdue, just happens to get published on the day the World Cup kicks off. 5.7%. Two months in a row. Yikes....
PDVSA's love of sports sponsorship
PDVSA is in a financial pickle, so lately they have been asking for loans all around the globe. From Russian and European oil companies to Halliburton (yes, that Halliburton),...
Let's wiki the Labor Law
“It used to be simple,” my friend Armando is telling me. “I used to be able to play around with the shifts depending on the changes in demand....
The Ripping-The-BandAid-Off-Sloooooowly School of Devaluation
Today, International Air Travel was “switched to the SICAD II rate” – a wonderfully euphemistic way of saying the bolivar was aggressively devalued in the international air travel...
Sky-high excuses
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has made it crystal clear: Venezuela could lose much of its aerial connectivity because of the large debt the government has with several...
Curious in Bogotá
As you may remember, I (Anabella) decided to bid on Sicad II the same day that I handed in my Cadivi folders. The trámite was due to my...
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