02.10.15: SIMADI

For up-to-date exchange rate numbers (including the SIMADI) rate, visit this website.  Minister of Finance Rodolfo Marco Torres announced the much-anticipated Continue reading →

02.09.15: SwissLeaks

In 2007, a man computer security expert named Herve Falciani stole hard drives containing the banking information of more than Continue reading →

02.08.15: Diosdado Cabello

President of the National Assembly and the PSUV’s number-two man Diosdado Cabello went on the offensive against media outlets today, Continue reading →

02.07.15: Basic Necessities

Government officials illegally halted a convoy of 10 Polar trucks carrying food supplies today near Barinas, Barinas state. According to El Nacional, members of the Continue reading →

02.06.15: Zapata

Pedro Leon Zapata, a Venezuelan political cartoonist, artist and editorial institution, has died.  He was 85. Zapata was a pillar of political Continue reading →

02.05.15: Lucchese, Scarano Released

Salvatore Lucchese and Enzo Scarano, the former police chief and mayor of San Diego, Carabobo (respectively) were released from the Continue reading →

02.04.15: 4F

Today marks the 23rd anniversary of the failed 1992 Venezuelan coup d’etat. Hugo Chavez led a group of rebels in Continue reading →

02.03.15: Laughing Stock

The Venezuelan government continued to lash out against the United States after the latter announced travel bans for a number Continue reading →