Walk the Line: a New Chapter in Gas for Maracaibo
The first dramatic change after Manuel Rosales’s victory over Omar Prieto, is the absence of gas lines. The answer lies between street rumors and crowdsourced data
Economy
When Will Hyperinflation End?
Venezuela joined the exclusive club of hyperinflationary four years ago, at the end of 2017. The end is near
A Snapshot of Crypto Adoption in Venezuela
Cryptocurrency exchanges such as Binance are also being used in daily transactions as a protection from the cash crisis, devaluation, and hyperinflation
Dropping the Caracas Chronicles NFT Bills
We designed an NFT campaign to help fund Caracas Chronicles and after a couple of weeks of tweaking the drop, we're ready. We've got a date and a merry band of experts to celebrate it with
Francisco Monaldi: ‘Venezuela Won’t Even Get to Exploit 5% of Its Oil Reserves’
Now that oil prices are recovering, Francisco Monaldi analyzes the truth of the nature and magnitude of what lies beneath the Faja del Orinoco (Orinoco Belt) and the historic use of fossil fuel to determine the role of oil in our future
Venezuelan Foreign Asset War: Monómeros
The intervention of a Venezuela owned company in Colombia has become an embarrassing chapter of the Venezuelan political crisis and the strategic war to control our foreign assets
Dollars Are Here to Stay, But Bolivars Aren't Going Away
The de facto dollarization is unstoppable, but the BCV won’t disappear and Venezuela will continue to use bolivars for certain things. Several countries in the region have taken that path.
Diesel Shortage Strangles Venezuelan Wholesalers
Venezuela’s fuel crisis is not just about gasoline. The diesel crisis is causing delays in supplies chains and boosting inflation. Armando Díaz dives into the causes and consequences
Heading to the Longest Hyperinflation in History
Venezuela surpassed fifty percent in monthly inflation rates in 2017 and it has gone over that number many times since. But for the last seven months the monthly price increase has been lower. If it continues this way, it could declare itself hyperinflation free in January 2022. Will it do it with elections coming up?
Play2Earn Games Spark NFT Fever in Venezuela
A video game tied to cryptocurrency pays good money to those who are patient enough to spend many hours on it. But, how reliable is this alternate source of income?
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