Zero hour for public transportation
Right now, public transportation buses in Barquisimeto (called the rutas) has the words hora 0 (zero hour) written in all their side windows. Those words indicate the possibility...
Economy
Loose change we can believe in
A couple of weekends ago, I helped a family friend count some money, a little more than 600 Bs. F. For an hour I felt like those money...
The chavista who stole Christmas
The Gran Misión Vivienda Venezuela housing program was drastically reduced right after the October 7th election. Understandably, both its workers and those waiting for new homes are not...
This post practically writes itself
Yesterday, many of us did a double take when we read the latest toxic public announcement by Hugo Chávez’s economic czar, Jorge Giordani. Giordani publicly announced that Venezuelans...
An example of fiscal irresponsibility, cont. (UPDATE)
A lot of things have happened since I wrote about Evelyn Urdaneta, the mayor of an Anzoátegui municipality that faces possible bankruptcy because PDVSA hasn’t paid local taxes for almost...
How not to make ice cream
Last month, the Chavernment got into the ice cream business. The comandante presidente announced the new Coppelia line, inspired by the famous place of the same name in...
The "S" word now stands for scam
This week, Electricity Minister Hector Navarro opened an investigation into irregular charging of customers by third parties inside the public electric company (and monopoly) CORPOELEC. Was this decision...
Our love of soft drinks is about to be tested
Venezuelans love soft drinks. They really do. I must admit, I love them too. Even if is not the healthiest thing, people here spend more on carbonated drinks...
Blowing smoke
Today there was (is?) a fire in the International Hall of Venezuela’s main international airport. What does State media say? It quotes the head of the airport saying...
New planes for Conviasa, junk for the rest
Venezuelan flag carrier Conviasa has started to recieve the first group of the twenty Embraer E-190 aircraft it bought in late 2011 to Brazil. The state airline, which...
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