Venezuela’s Minimum Comprehensive Income Announcements: A Thorough Reading
The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, announced and signed the decree to increase the comprehensive minimum income for active and retired workers in the public administration, and for...
Venezuela Opposition Politician María Corina Machado’s Ties With Florida Republicans and BOLIVAR Act
The decision of a sector of the Venezuelan opposition, concentrated in the Unitary Platform, to call for primary elections to select the opposition’s candidate to run in the upcoming presidential...
Where the International Front Against Venezuela Is Heading
The 8th America's Summit was controversial thanks to the many corruption cases involving Latin America's political classes. Its international impact was lessened by the absence of ...
On Messi, YouTubers, Migration, and ‘Venezuela Got Fixed’
Let us begin by admitting that a good part of what we call “political debate” in Venezuela is a disorderly dispute over personal anecdotes and the country’s issues. Sometimes that diatribe has...
The Construction of a Food Crisis in Venezuela Part I
In 1985, the legendary band Queen participated in the Live Aid concert, an event held simultaneously in London, at Wembley Stadium, and Philadelphia, at John F. Kennedy Stadium, to raise funds for...
Diesel Blockade’s Goal: ‘Accelerate the Collapse of Venezuela’
Recall that in 2005, after the lashings Hurricanes Katrina and Rita delivered to the United States—which led to an increase in heating prices and a shortage of fuel—President Hugo Chávez created the...
How Exchange Rate Stability Affects Venezuela’s Inflationary Dynamics
So far this year, the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) has gone for maintaining stability in the exchange rate of the bolívar against foreign currencies. On Monday, May 8, the BCV made its...
Another Batch of Sputnik V Vaccines Arrives in Venezuela
President Nicolás Maduro announced the arrival of 500,000 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine in Venezuela. A few weeks ago 900,000 doses of the Russian product had arrived in several batches. They are...
Venezuela’s Economy in 2023: Growth, Devaluation and Wages
The Venezuelan economy has evolved favorably since the last quarter of 2021, breaking with the recession of previous years. Since then, it has shown growth indicators that have remained stable....
The Construction of a Food Crisis in Venezuela (Part II)
Humanitarian intervention The first part of “The Construction of a Food Crisis in Venezuela” delineated how military options began to be used by the UN to get food to Somalia and...