Happy First Anniversary, Hyperinflation... When Will You Go Away?
It’s been a year of hyperinflation in Venezuela, with a yearly rate that ravages consumers’ purchasing power and devours companies left and right. Just where does it ends?
Reuters Confirms the Carnet de la Patria Is Utterly Evil
Reuters published an article describing how Chinese telecom giant ZTE helps Maduro & Co. monitor and keep track of fatherland card-carrying citizens’ every move. The details of the data recollection resemble a horror story gone Venezuela.
Mafias Search for Lost Gasoline, Civilians Pick Up the Last Drops
The revolution’s aim at a feudal state controlled by mafias grows stronger as smugglers and the black market thrive with the shortage of gasoline. Who will survive this mayhem? Ruthless mafias or scared citizens?
Humanitarian Crypto Initiatives for Venezuela
There’s been a lot of discussion around the potential use cases of crypto in Venezuela. Here’s an overview of some notable projects working in the space.
Chavismo Kicks the Ill When They’re Down
What does a day looking for medicine look like? It looks like an authoritarian game of ignominy and frontal abuse.
Orinoco Mining Arc Is Explodin’, Violence Flarin’, Bullets Loadin’
After the Tumeremo massacre, on October 14, we know for a fact that the ELN operates in Venezuelan territory. But the ecocide, human trafficking, slavery and “mysterious” disappearances started in 2016, with the Orinoco Mining Arc's decree.
Die Wende: From East Germany to Post-Chavista Venezuela
After the fall of the DDR, Germans sought to turn tragedy into remembrance. Perhaps, when chavismo is over, because it will be, we can take a page from the Germans’ book and adapt the idea to build the Post-Chavista Museum we’ll need so it never happens again.
Teodoro’s Mission Impossible
Teodoro Petkoff’s stint as a minister (1996-1998) is largely forgotten, or misremembered as a failure. In fact, his success at an impossible task—structural adjustment—was remarkable, almost unprecedented.
5 de Julio of The Walking Dead
Maracaibo’s throbbing comercial heart looks like a post-apocalyptic zombiescape these days.
A Petrostate Without Any Petrol: Gas Shortages Spread Nationwide
In Venezuela, gasoline is now, quite literally, priceless. Which is just as well, because there isn’t any.
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