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...
Guri: The Nth Crisis
At this point in the year, the water level in the Guri reservoir has never been lower. Our strategy? Pray for rain.
50 Ways to Nullify an Election
Time was when chavismo would've known to use the Economic Emergency decree to divide MUD's caucus once again. It seems like that kind of tactical deftness is behind them.
"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.
Chavismo Forfeits the Fight Over the Economic Emergency Decree
Friday morning, for the first time, the New Majority in the National Assembly asserted its institutional power, refusing to pass Maduro’s half-baked Economic Emergency Decree.
Rodolfo Medina: My prof, the minister
It’s always strange when someone you know turns up on the news. So imagine my surprise when I found out Rodolfo Medina, my old Econometrics teacher from undergrad days at UCV, is now Finance Minister.
Financial News from a Parallel Universe
With $167 billion dollars stashed away in its Macroeconomic Stabilization Fund, Venezuela will likely be spared the worst of the current oil market downturn.
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.
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