The bandwagon is getting crowded
Long-time readers know extorres, our frequent (yet annoyingly anonymous) commenter who has been pushing the direct distribution of oil wealth for a loooong time. Today, the Wall Street...
Economy
This is what the Paquetazo looks like
As the government finds it has fewer dollars to fund imports of cut-price food, scenes like this one are set to become increasingly “normal”. When people imagine the...
Finding a cure for pessimism in Rio's favelas
(A Spanish version of this post appears in Prodavinci) The New Yorker published a shattering article this week by Jon Lee Anderson, about Caracas’ slow, brutal decadence. The...
G.M.V.V. Chronicles
Last month, after two years of waiting in shelters, 96 displaced families were given the keys of their brand new apartments in a new tower built in Western...
This is your country on shortages
The current problem of food shortages in Venezuela was the subject of a recent report by the Associated Press. One of the persons interviewed calls the experience of...
The cost of Cuban "expertise"
As the ongoing electric crisis continues, this blog reported last September how Cuba was helping the national electric company CORPOELEC handle the numerous problems of our power grid...
The first year of Maduronomics
(A short post for a busy day) 2013 will likely be the first year of the Nicolás Maduro economy. What can we expect? The Venezuelan Central Bank –...
Devaluation around the corner? Not so fast
Over at the Foreign Policy blog (login required now), I cast doubt on the conventional wisdom that the government is going to have to devalue the Bolívar soon,...
Are blackouts coming to Caracas?
For years, the Venezuelan capital was kept at bay of electrical blackouts by orders of the comandante presidente himself. In recent months, failures in the service have increased...
Chávez and the Saudis
One of the least explored aspects of Hugo Chávez’s foreign policy has been his relationship with Saudi Arabia. The Saudis have long been advocates of moderation within OPEC,...
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