Virtual Families
The extended Venezuelan family is a thing of the past. It has now been replaced by 0’s and 1’s, by cold LCD screens, beeps and buzzes.
Economy
The Price of Survival is Loneliness
No flour, no chicken, no friends, no help, no social life.
The Debacle on the Inside
Few people who live in exile can get through the day without the Venezuelan crisis invading their insides.
My Own Efecto Cocuyo
Survivor’s guilt for Venezuelans in exile.
Dark is the new black
Living without electricity is not something this fútbol fan can get used to.
Cab Stories
Talking to cab drivers can put you in touch with a whole other side of the nation’s crisis. It can even give you a needed dash of hope.
Enough already with "Sembrar el Petróleo"
How a single, bad development essay came to blight Venezuelan development thinking for the next eighty years.
The Shocking Potential of Natural Gas and Condensate
Natural-Gas Condensate. Most Venezuelans have no idea what that even means. I know what it means, though. It means the solution to a startling range of Venezuela's oil and gas problems.
PDVSA's Garish May Production Collapse
To see the single most destructive trend in Venezuela today, forget about CLAPs, about colas, the TSJ or the CNE or the CIA. Look, instead, to PDVSA's production statistics.
Abad Plan
Miguel Pérez Abad has a plan to finally bring DolarToday to heel by squeezing liquidity and letting SIMADI go nuts. It's just too bad it also involves people not eating.
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