VENZ/PDVSA: The Mixed Martial Arts of Bond Trading
The Indiana Jones-meets-Wolf of Wall Street reality that is dealing in Venezuelan debt instruments.
The Indiana Jones-meets-Wolf of Wall Street reality that is dealing in Venezuelan debt instruments.
General Raúl Baduel was granted parole yesterday after serving six years out of an eight year sentence on trumped up charges of embezzlement. Chávez’s one-time Defense Minister, and...
There’s no doubt about it: The central government has a huge “bachaquero” problem, that is, thousands of people buying regulated goods and reselling them at black market prices...
Listen to Nelson Bocaranda´s feature of Anabella Abadi and Barbara Lira's open letter to the TSJ in his prime-time radio show today.
Caught the red eye to Barcelona. Barcelona, Anzoátegui, that is. Blood-shot eyes. Mosquitoes big as helicopters, and the wait. That absurd time-bending wait while an immigration officer chats...
Estimado TSJ, Nos enteramos de que rechazaste la demanda que Transparencia Venezuela interpuso contra el presidente del BCV, Nelson Merentes, por no publicar indicadores macroeconómicos, por considerar que no...
Last Friday saw the end of a nasty and self-destructive struggle for supremacy within the opposition coalition for the right to nominate the candidate for the safest seat in the country. The outcome left Maria Corina Machado sidelined, divisions within the opposition more evident than ever, and a bitter taste for those of us supposed to vote for them come December.
RunRun.es has a blockbuster piece on Tocorón Prison in Aragua State, quickly becoming the epicenter of #PranNation. Run by a business savvy “Pran” (prison gang leader) with a...
It wouldn’t be an ordinary week in today’s Venezuela without the highest court in the land taking over a political party to appoint a pro-government clique to lead it. This week...
Remember this? The headline ran on June 7th in Ultimas Noticias. Major General Carlos Osorio, Minister for Food, pledged solemnly that the food availability crisis would have ended by…today....
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