Uruguay finds out it's easier to send food to Venezuela than to get paid for it
Uruguay bet a huge porcentage of its agro-exporting economy on a single deal with the Venezuelan government. What could imaginably go wrong?
Life
Protagonistas de Moneda, part II: The Flipside
You’ve voted on the frontside…now the flipside: Angel Falls Because this accident of nature happens to be on our side of the border, it should be celebrated as...
Dystopia Today
Forget about Yubraska. The real incarnation of Venezuela in the 21st century was gunned down in a Porlamar disco last Sunday.
Protagonistas de Moneda
Venezuela will soon need new, higher-denomination bank notes and – as a result – new people, places and things to put on them. The nominations are in, and you...
"Patria o Muerte," Primera Parte
Muchos personajes y poco estilo en la novela de Barrera Tyszka.
Carraplana Chronicles
Venezuela's bankruptcy is reaching self-parodic proportions. The country's just lost its voting rights in the U.N. General Assembly for failing to pay its dues. Maria Gabriela and R.Ramírez are now officially tourists in New York.
The Event
Following this week’s total rout in the oil market, the question of when Venezuela is likely to experience a “credit event” is now been asked in terms of...
From Laura Pérez to Yubraska Chacón
Venezuela used to imagine itself as a airhead young girl jet setting around the world. Today, it imagines itself as a hard up barrio lady selling cake outside a supermarket line.
Macrinomics on the Caribbean?
Mauricio Macri managed to dismantle Argentina's foreign exchange control regime in very little time, and with surprisingly little pushback. Could something like that work here?
When we were bachaqueros
Back in the mid 1990s, my dad came up with a smart new strategy to keep the small grocery store he and mom ran on Margarita Island fully stocked. It never occurred to anyone to demonize him for it.
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