Sembrando el Petróleo 80 Years On...
Sembrar el Petroleo turned 80 years old last week, and with it, our obsession with diversifying away from oil. What if we set that to one side for the next 80 years and focus on people, instead?
Economy
Pa' Que Cuadre Chronicles: A Tour of PDVSA's 2015 Financial Statements
We dive into the fine print so you don't have to.
How to Sell an IMF Package
The IMF ranks somewhere between Judas and Satan in the Venezuelan imaginary. But what if it’s the only way out? How can the next president sell IMF-sponsored reform?
Obstacles to producing all that oil
If we want to get all that oil out of the ground ASAP, we're gonna need the private sector, fiscal reform, and a wee-little change in the law.
All the Oil We'll Never Pump Out
Yes, we have the largest oil reserves. No, we won't ever use them all. No, that doesn't automatically make us rich.
The Big Forks: who's grabbing Venezuela by the Bonds?
We've got billions and billions in bond debt, but who's lined up to get the $$$ if and when we we pay?
Sowing the Dirigisme
Since people didn’t quite get it the first time around, let me be even more blunt: you can believe in ‘sembrar el petróleo’ or you can believe in capitalism. Not both.
We are not the kids we used to be
Maduro is Yoko Ono. Discuss.
Xtandi
Reading about an obscure cancer drug is a constant reminder of the tragedy that has befallen us, and many Venezuelans.
Wedding Crashers
My big, fat, trying-to-survive-Maduro wedding.
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