11.25.16: Legal Abandonment

On Tuesday, the Venezuelan national customs agency – SENIAT – declared that a shipment of medical aid sent from Chile Continue reading →

11.24.16: One Third

Reuters published an article today in which it cites sources linked to the country’s oil industry claiming that Venezuela’s oil Continue reading →

11.23.16: Laughing at the Pope

The tenuous dialogue between the PSUV and the Mesa de la Unidad Democratica (MUD) appears to be on the bring of collapse Continue reading →

11.22.16: Ruffles

Yesterday, Reuters reported that PDVSA had missed making a full bond payment worth $539 million to investors, triggering fears that that state-owned oil Continue reading →

11.21.16: Pumpkins

Yesterday morning, the National Guard arrested a 16-year-old boy for stealing five small pumpkins from a farm in Lagunillas, Zulia state. Continue reading →

11.20.16: Punto, Palito y Gozo

In his first public address since the drug trafficking conviction of his two nephews, Maduro refused to even acknowledge the Continue reading →

11.19.16: Ten to Life

Shockwaves from yesterday’s guilty verdict in the drug trafficking case against Cilia Flores’ nephews – Efrain and Francisco Flores – continued Continue reading →

11.18.16: GUILTY!

A New York City district court jury has just found Efrain and Francisco Flores each guilty of conspiracy to import Continue reading →