The Daily Beast Gets Stolked
About once a month, Raúl Stolk channels Naky over on The Daily Beast.
Life
The Swap is a Trap
PDVSA is testing the waters for a long-awaited ‘swap’ of PDVSA 2016/2017 bonds. But the exercise could prove so costly, it may just not be politically or financially sustainable.
Rescuing Our Jurisprudence from the TSJ's Arroz con Mango
For the last 17 years, our jurisprudence has been under attack. Two weeks ago, the National Assembly finally stood up for the rule of law. People outside the legal profession don’t always understand why that matters: I’m here to make the case.
Omar, ditch the euphemisms
Our good friend Omar Zambrano is making the leap back home. Great news, but he seems to be veiling his economic views. My advice: go deep, bro.
Our Great Leap Forward?
A bizarre Labour Ministry resolution seems to open the door for the government to forcibly send you to work in the fields. It sounds like pure El Cafetal paranoia. Is it?
Trump = Chávez - Impulse Control
The parallels between Hugo Chávez and Donald Trump are so obvious, they can be hard to resist. But as Juan explains, they're also facile, and miss the thing that made Chávez ultimately so destructive: his capacity to play the long game.
Muerto en Vida: A Glimpse into the Metro's Buhonero Mafia
My friend’s terrifying run-in with the way the mafia behind the metro's itinerant hawkers protect their turf.
The Village
Los Roques has always been considered paradise by Venezuelans. Anabella tells us what life in paradise is like.
Academic stars abroad
Venezuela has plenty of talent. Much of it has chosen to move abroad.
Plomo al Hampa Celular
It's weird enough that cellphones weren't already banned in Venezuelan prisons, but weirder still that Nicolás decided to sign an AN-drafted law on the matter.
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