The Hunger Games: Animalitos Edition
38 Animals. A 30X payoff. A grim wager of hunger stalks “Los Animalitos” —the new lottery craze taking Venezuela’s desperate people by storm.
Life
Fiddling while Paris Burns
Venezuela made specific commitments to the world in the context of the Paris Climate Accords. It’s not just that we’re behind on implementing them, it’s that we’re way behind in planning to implement them.
Dear Spanish Left: I’m sick of you
We talked, we argued, we babbled, we spoke. But you still pretend to know more about Venezuela suffering than us, the real victims. And I’m not taking it anymore.
How Colombia does 'I Told You So'
Colombians have a way with words. President Juan Manuel Santos is no exception.
Picking Up the Pieces from Trump’s Empty Threat
The international community was making good progress on isolating and punishing the Maduro Regime. Then Donald Trump had to start running that giant mouth of his, bigly.
A Policy Option for Venezuela: Oil-for-Food
The U.S. needs a way to put meaningful pressure on the Maduro regime without making oil prices spike or Venezuelans starve. The way you do that is Oil-for-Food.
It’s the end of the Oil Industry as we know it (and PDVSA feels fine)
With the U.S. preparing to cut off PDVSA, you’d imagine the company would be a hubbub of contingency planning for this catastrophe. You’d be wrong.
Hannah Dreier, for Team Screwed.
I've run out of G-rated words to describe our descent into all-out dictatorial communist hell. Thankfully, Hannah Dreier has our back on The Global POLITICO podcast. Have a listen.
1902 and You
Imagine Nicolás facing the economic sanctions of the world by enlisting troops and declaring war. Crazy? Yes, but it wouldn't be the first time a Venezuelan autocrat acts this way.
My city is flooding, and it’s Maduro’s fault
People say Maduro is lazy. I have to disagree: he works tirelessly day in and day out to find new and innovative ways to kill us all.
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