SICAD II, the sequel, coming to theaters Feb 24th
In the midst of social crisis, an airline boycott and massive amount of bolivar liquidity Ramirez announced that SICAD II will be launched on Feb 24th. Not many details...
Economy
El Gran Viraje, 25 years on
Twenty-five years ago today, Venezuela’s recently inaugurated president gave a speech. It is safe to say that few speeches have been as momentuous or significant as the one...
Busting the myth of the Law of Fair Prices
FACT: on January 20, 2014, during an interview televised by Venevisión, Andreína Tarazón –National Superintendent for the Defense of Socio-Economic Rights- said that the Law of Fair Prices...
Desmontando mitos: La Ley de Precios Justos
HECHO: el 20 de enero de 2014, Andreína Tarazón –Superintendente Nacional para la Defensa de los Derechos Socio-Económicos- dijo en una entrevista concedida a Venevisión que la Ley de...
Risky business
The other day, my brother told me how relieved he was at having been able to purchase a ticket to the United States for an upcoming business meeting....
Busting the myth of Polar's debt
FACT: on January 22, 2014, AVN published an article titled “Polar doesn’t need dollars at the –cheap- Cadivi rate to produce”. The starting point of the piece is...
Desmontando mitos: la deuda con Polar
HECHO: el 22 de enero de 2014, la agencia AVN publicó una nota titulada “Polar no requiere divisas de Cadivi para producir”. El punto de partida del escrito...
Muddling Through to Nowhere
Aporrea made for uncommonly schadenfreudy reading this weekend as the collective penny dropped for middle class chavismo that their own prized shard of the petrostate piñata is now...
Ban the poison
After an eleven-year course on currency exchange controls, it’s time to take our final exam boys and girls. The test has a single question: what have we learnt...
A primer on Ramir-ese
Venezuela devalued its currency today – or at least that is what we gather from Economy Minister, President of PDVSA, VP of the ruling PSUV party, and Energy...
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