Capriles announces high drama (Updated)
A cryptic Henrique Capriles took to social media last night to tell us of a dramatic announcement, which should be coming today at 11:30 AM Venezuela time. I...
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Today's moment of zen
Happy weekend, everyone. HT: Élides Rojas.
Scarcity was much cooler under Chávez
During the last presidential campaign, I took to highlighting the differences between a Chavez-led race and a Chávez –less one. For the sake of consistency, indulge me while...
AVN foils Google's evil plan (Updated)
Venezuelan State news agency AVN is apparently angry. But why? Is it because of the toilet paper shortage? Or perhaps because of recent events of violence in Cojedes...
How do you eat a barrel of oil?
I ask ’cause if the dire predictions come true, that’s what we’re gonna have to do. In the Transitions blog, I wonder if we’re on the road to...
Remember SICAD? Remember THIS guy?
You don’t? Don’t feel bad: nobody does. After a single dollar auction back on March 24th, the new parallel-to-CADIVI system for distributing dollars whimpered off into the oblivion...
My literal take on "Escasez"
I’ve been experiencing my own personal shortage of words to write as of late, so what better way to make lemonade out of lemons (or arepas out of...
The PSUV outsources to China
The recently named Vice-President of China Li Yuanchao visited Venezuela and met with Nicolás Maduro in Miraflores Palace to sign a new batch of deals between both governments....
Gas prices and car ownership
An interesting post about Venezuelan gasoline consumption from UC Berkeley Professor of Economics Lucas Davis. He says that Venezuelans don’t own more cars per capita than comparable countries...
Lorenzo Mendoza, prophet of privatization
Lorenzo Mendoza, CEO of Venezuela’s largest private company (Polar), gave a searing press conference yesterday. In it, Mendoza thoroughly debunked the myth that people can’t find corn flour...
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