A Third Venezuelan Oil Nationalization? Not if the Citizen is the Owner
A bold reform vision for Venezuelan oil: strip the State of profit share, and make citizens the chief stakeholders and protectors of the industry
Economy
The Road Ahead to Break Venezuela’s Petro-State Curse
PDVSA’s transformation requires a new management culture that treats the company as one world-class player in a dynamic oil industry
The Spirit of the Concessionary Model and the Future of Venezuelan Oil
The new energy law opens the sector to foreign investment in unprecedented ways since the 1990s. It might also spark a relationship with transnational companies that is positive for society
The Perils of a Delcy-Style Economic Order
Chavismo is pursuing a managed, US-backed economic opening without the political reforms that democratic transitions require. Will Venezuelans go along with it?
Big Oil in Little Venice
Big Oil's history in Venezuela has been quite the adventure. A big adventure
The Gómez Template and Venezuela after January 3
The eagerness to court Big Oil while steadfastly ignoring the population’s needs feels like a return to Venezuela a hundred years ago. But history does not repeat itself
The Long-Awaited Reform of the Venezuelan Hydrocarbons Law
Delcy Rodríguez demanded the National Assembly to update this critical piece of legislation. These are some ideas on what the industry needs
What's Left of Corporate Finance in Venezuela?
After chavismo hollowed out credit, companies survive in a financing vacuum while waiting for macroeconomic stabilization, reform and the normalization of dollar-based finance
What It Really Takes to Invest in Venezuelan Oil Today
Trump had an exciting meeting with oil heads in DC, but investing in Venezuela today is not for the faint of heart
Is Polymarket Predicting Trump Will Invoke War Powers?
Polymarket Venezuela may be at it again. Spikes on the betting platform predicted a Nobel and an extraction, let's see if it goes 3 for 3
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