Tech startups that offer online banking and financial services, transportation and delivery services, as well as digital payment alternatives, e-commerce, cryptocurrencies and fintech are multiplying all over the country
Carlos Fernández Gallardo, the new president of Venezuela’s federation of business chambers, explains how the approach to the government was brokered and insists that the private sector can solve many of the population’s most urgent problems
The past two years have been of deep transformation for Venezuela. Ahead of a new negotiation cycle, here’s where we stand today
The almost extinct bolívar is about to experience its third metamorphosis in 13 years. It's unavoidable but most likely useless
This year, like 2019, leaves a different country behind, with a more solid dictatorship, the expanding impact of sanctions and the pandemic. A different reality demands a different conversation
Maduro is trying to use Christmas to produce the illusion that everything’s relatively fine. But this time, his sleigh has no gas to fly
A Colombia-based startup developed an app that would allow Venezuelans to engage in electronic transactions in dollars without having a bank account in the U.S. Too good to be true?
Applying social distancing measures to slow the spread of COVID-19 is the right way to go. The thing is, it’ll devastate what remains of the Venezuelan economy.
There’s a weird vibe in Caracas of economic improvement, with shortages slowly disappearing. But if you go past the surface of the incipient upgrades, you’ll see we’re far from real, stable development.
The ANC is looking to modify the VAT law to tax transactions in dollars. What does this mean?
We’ve been able to hang on for 19 years in one of the craziest media landscapes in the world. Now, the difficulty level was raised abruptly with the global pandemic. We’ve seen different media outlets in Venezuela (and abroad) cutting personnel to avoid closing shop. This is something we’re looking to avoid at all costs, and it seems we will. But your collaboration goes a long way in helping us weather the storm.
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