Venezuelan inflation in one simple image
You know the adage: a picture is worth a thousand words. So, what better way to show how inflation has affected us… than the prices of trading cards for...
You know the adage: a picture is worth a thousand words. So, what better way to show how inflation has affected us… than the prices of trading cards for...
Our friends over at the Latin American Herald Tribune have an alarming article on Venezuela’s squalid car market. GM has written down $400 million from its books, courtesy of Maduro’s...
Confused about SICAD II? Wondering whether the new currency exchange system really is a legal, market-based alternative to the black-market, or whether it just plays one on TV? Don’t...
A guest post by Alexis Caraballo, who makes her living as a Caribbean regional analyst. A failing economy, where everything for sale in the shops is imported, with dwindling foreign reserves...
A guest post by Alexis Caraballo, who makes her living as a Caribbean regional analyst. A failing economy, where everything for sale in the shops is imported, with dwindling foreign reserves...
Venezuela plunged into an electricity crisis in 2009, one that has seen an endless amount of blackouts and hundreds of promises from the government to fix the state-owned...
(Friend of the blog Daniel Raguá sends us this corollary to Dorothy’s latest post) Never mind inflation, scarcity, and all the rest. Here are some hidden nuggest in...
Over at Foreign Policy’s Transitions blog, I take a less pessimistic approach to SICAD II than Quico. The value added: “The new system is also much more transparent. The...
Did you hear? The government is going to liberalize the dollar-bolivar market! It’s huge news! On paper, the Convenio Cambiario #27 setting up what’s known locally as SICAD2 –...
Venezuela’s government is about to unleash the biggest economic reform set forth in the last 11 years. A currency market is about to be set in place, with far...
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