A Breakthrough in Huntington Country
The town of Barranquitas, on the Lago de Maracaibo, has the highest incidence of Huntington’s Disease in the world. Research there has brought an amazing breakthrough — but will the people of Barranquitas benefit?
Angel Alvarado: A government that couldn't manage one currency won't be able to manage two
In a wide-ranging interview, Angel Alvarado shines a light on how opposition parliamentarians think about the economic cataclysm Venezuela faces.
Hacking Latin American Democracy
The days when chavismo sought influence through oil spending and ideological appeals are over. But, amid a rash of elections this year, could Maduro still hack his way back to relevance?
Hausmann Joins Team Marines
Ricardo Hausmann goes there: Venezuela needs a foreign military intervention. His case is eloquent, but why would world leaders devote their blood and treasure to our fight?
Investing on risk: Are cryptocurrencies a safe bet in Venezuela?
Cryptocurrencies are more popular than ever, everywhere, but what does it mean to buy digital money in a country where the official currency is decomposing fast?
The Elephant in the Pernil Room: Subsidizing Pork is Madness
Maslow? Give me a break. Pernilgate isn't about food. It's about the illusion of abundance amid dire scarcity, and about the scale of devastation a government can inflict when nobody who makes economic policy understands the concept of opportunity cost.
A Chavista New Year's Eve in the Post-Pernil Era
The New Year's Eve celebration put up by chavista mayor Erika Farías failed to fill up Caracas's smallish Plaza Bolívar. A few people turned up to dance, to forget hunger and deprivation for a while. Even that was too much to ask.
Maslow's Pernil
December's pork-leg riots left middle class Venezuelans seething in contempt of people who care more about a Christmas pork roast than basic freedom and democracy. They never learned Maslow's lesson: when you're hungry, nothing else matters.
Gasoline to put out the fire
Your daily briefing for Monday, January 1, 2018. Translated by Javier Liendo.
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