02.12.16: Emergency Decree In Effect

Last night, the Tribunal Supremo de Justicia (TSJ) issued a ruling in which it sidestepped the National Assembly and declared Maduro’s Economic Continue reading →

02.11.16: Spinning Wheels

A week after the Ministry of Electrical Energy demanded that the country’s shopping malls generate and provide for their own Continue reading →

02.10.16: No “Tomorrow”

Freddy Ceballos, the head of the Federacion Farmaceutica de Venezuela [Venezuelan Pharmaceutical Federation] (FEFARVEN) painted a grim picture of the country’s medicine Continue reading →

02.09.16: Shopping Hours

Several shopping malls around the country will shorten their operating hours starting tomorrow in an attempt to reduce electricity consumption Continue reading →

02.08.16: Hands Tied

El Nacional published an article today in which it points out that the monthly minimum salary in Venezuela is enough Continue reading →

02.07.16: Mosquitoes

Eulogio del Pino, Minister of Oil and head of the PDVSA oil firm, met today with Ali al Naimi, his Continue reading →

02.06.16: Train Robbery

This weekend marks the beginning of the carnaval holiday, a time that is synonymous with trips to the beach and parties Continue reading →

02.05.16: Curfew

The Banco Central de Venezuela has begun negotiations with Germany’s Deutsche Bank to swap some of Venezuela’s gold reserves into cash in Continue reading →