If Venezuela has 20% of global oil reserves, why does it contribute only 2% of global output? The story of how these authors arrived at the answer is as captivating as the answer itself. Here's the Executive Summary of Venezuela Energética.
Venezuela’s relationship with its oil has been so self-destructive for so long, we’ve almost forgotten it doesn’t have to be this way. In their new book, Leopoldo López and Gustavo Baquero set out another way.
Sundde did it again. For the fourth year in a row, it went through one of Caracas’ main commercial areas, making shopkeepers do business at a loss. This time, many stores are going under.
At last, the “narcosobrinos” have been sentenced, guilty of drug trafficking. What the court transcripts reveal, however, is a circle of corruption and connivance only possible in revolution.
I went to the heart of chavista territory to see why people voted red and played along with the dictatorship. My worst fear is that, eventually, we will all play along as well.
Just when you think PDVSA's penchant for criminal mischief can't get any more malignantly self-destructive, they go off and stiff the Chinese on a $43.5 million contract for re-bar.
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