The turn-off
Recently, opposition candidate Henrique Capriles responded to chavista suggestions that he would do away with Chávez’s landmark social programs, the Misiones. In a videotaped reply, Capriles doubled down,...
Economy
Lights out on the Chávez era
On the heels of a massive blackout that left Havana, one of Cubazuela’s largest cities, without electricity, I went on Twitter to see what the electricity situation in...
Apagón con apagón se paga
Western provinces of Cuba (including the capital Havana) suffered a four hour electrical blackout last Sunday night. The official explanation by Cuban authorities is “…a failure in a...
Santos razonamientos, Batman...
It’s saddening to think how completely electorally irrelevant it is, but in a parallel universe where people vote exclusively according to the best economic argument, Miguel Angel Santos’s...
Santos razonamientos, Batman...
It’s saddening to think how completely electorally irrelevant it is, but in a parallel universe where people vote exclusively according to the best economic argument, Miguel Angel Santos’s...
No wonder tourists don't wanna come back here
Yesterday, Juan Cristobal picked apart a report from the BBC about the decline of foreign tourism in Venezuela. It’s an overdetermined problem: there’s more than one explanation, and each...
Lost in the supermarket
The Koma hypermarket in Puerto Ordaz was taken over by the Chavernment in 2010, as part of the expropiation of Frigorificos Ordaz S.A. (Friosa). Almost a year later,...
The Many Downsides of Building in a Mad Rush
The Chavernment’s housing program, Gran Mision Vivienda Venezuela is still going full throttle, but its path has been rocky: damage to the enviroment, workplace accidents and workers mad...
The new "socialist" venture announced by Chavez is...
Apurinoco: a social enterprise dedicated to river transport on the Apure and Orinoco rivers. Beside the clever name, the company will start with brand new hovercrafts. That’s right,...
When the levee breaks
Earlier this year, we reported on Lake Valencia’s rising waters, which by some estimates could flood parts of South Maracay by August. Now we’re in the end of such month...
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