Delcy’s Fragile Reopening Meets the Old Power Crisis
Energy expert Luisa Palacios says recovering our grid requires guarantees, hefty long-term investment and a redefined role for private companies
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The Beginning of CORPOELEC’s End
Delcy and Jorge’s new electricity bill would open the power grid to private investment. The State may still play a role, but this could dismantle the monopoly of one of Hugo Chávez’s must dysfunctional and corrupt creations.
The Mismanagement of Hydropower Hits Western Venezuela
Meanwhile, a PDVSA contractor is under fire after two fatal accidents in Lake Maracaibo #NowWhatVenezuela
Venezuela Needs to Finally Unlearn Extraction
Over generations, the State was hollowed out into something to loot. National rebuilding requires radical institutional transformation
The Tragedy of Margarita’s Power Grid
Incompetence and lack of transparency have left Margarita Island, Venezuela’s main tourist destination, vulnerable to periodic blackouts
The People Agree: Venezuela is the Most Corrupt Nation in the Americas
Transparency International just released its Corruption Perceptions Index 2019, and other than placing Venezuela almost at the very bottom, it offers perspective into why corruption hits us so—and what we can do to fix it.
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