Mo Money, Mo Problems
Inflation keeps skyrocketing while wages struggle to keep up. But in a line-infested, scarcity-based inflation economy like Venezuela's, more money is... useless.
Life
Judges, juries, and executioners
It's 12 noon in Caracas. Do you know who your justices are?
PDVSA TV is live, but is anyone watching?
PDVSA has a TV Channel. Nobody's watching, but you're paying for it.
Updated Map of Social Unrest
As promised, we've kept updating the interactive map of lynchings, and have now added recent incidents of looting throughout Venezuela.
Shouldn't EVERY Public Employee Have Something Fundamental and Necessary to Do All Day?!
Let’s get real, the two-day work week isn’t about saving power, it’s about keeping power.
Miswired
A recent article in Wired magazine shows the epidemic of straight-up nonsense on the Venezuelan economy, while receding, is far from over.
At least we'll always have... shadow puppets.
If a Venezuelan makes a film, but theres no electricity to power the cinemas that show it, did it really happen?
Containers of Debt
Venezuela's cash-strapped government just loooooves to service its debt. Returning empty shipping containers to avoid a $1 billion late-fee? Not so much.
AS/COA Webcast: Venezuela's Faltering Economy
If you missed the live stream, we've got you covered, watch the entire event here.
My Kingdom for a Passport!
Nothing binds the Venezuelan diaspora together as closely as the Kafkian ordeal that is getting a passport abroad. Here's my family's tale of SAIME woe.
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