05.07.15: Tourism

El Nacional reported today that although only four months have passed, Maduro has already used the entire travel budget allotted for Continue reading →

05.06.15: Operation Jerico

Eight military officers were sentenced to prison today by a military tribunal after being found guilty of conspiring to overthrow Continue reading →

05.05.15: Cinco Heroes

Today, Maduro admitted for the first time since oil prices began their precipitous fall in the summer of 2014 that Continue reading →

05.04.15: World Record

Professors at the Universidad Central de Venezuela en Caracas staged a one day protest today and agreed to hold a march Continue reading →

05.03.15: “Salt and Water”

Criticism of the minimum wage increase announced on Friday has continued to come in through the weekend. Miranda state governor Henrique Capriles Continue reading →

05.02.15: “Pyrrhic Increase”

Despite teasing announcements that would finally “win the economic war through socialism”, Maduro’s speech yesterday at the International Worker’s Day Continue reading →

05.01.15: “A Shameful Spectacle”

The parade in Caracas to commemorate International Worker’s Day got underway today at around 12:30 PM. At the end of the Continue reading →