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...
Economy
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...
Carlos Graffe and Daniel Blanco - kudos!
This video needs to go viral. Sorry, in Spanish. The backstory to the video, and the government’s campaign to discredit it, is here. HT: Liz.
The Last Word on the Torre de David's Prize
…is the rodent’s.
When life gives you lemons, you make a livable high-rise
Remember la Torre de David? You know, the abandoned skyscraper that was invaded by squatters and now stands as a monument to Venezuela’s housing crisis? Well, architecht Alfredo...
Schrödinger's Bond
Did Chávez have his “you didn’t build that” moment after the Amuay disaster when he said that, accident or no accident, “as some philosopher whose name I don’t...
#AccountabilityFail
After recounting the whole sordid series of fuck-ups that have plagued PDVSA over the last nine years, from Maletingate and PudreVAL to Illaramendi and the Guarapiche Spill, The...
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