03.27.15: Starting at Zero

SIMADI, the third tier of the Venezuelan currency exchange system, processed 17,000 transactions during its first month of operation, totalling $2.6 Continue reading →

03.16.15: Critical Thinking

Miranda state Governor Henrique Capriles spoke today on the government’s increasingly belligerent rhetoric, which culminated on Saturday with the start Continue reading →

August 21: Assault on Dignity

Details of the new biometric rationing system announced last night continued to trickle in through the night, as did reaction to the Continue reading →

April 29: Fair Prices

Today, the Superintendencia Nacional de Defensa de los Derechos Socio-Economicos (SUNDDE) [The National Superintendency for the Defence of Socio-Economic Rights] released a Continue reading →

April 17: Who’s He Talking To?

Things have been fairly quiet over the last few days. Easter is almost here, and it seems like the country Continue reading →

April 15: Luna Chavista

The second talk between the government and the opposition is taking place right now, but unlike the one last week, Continue reading →

April 11: Highlights

El Nacional has pretty much the entirety of the talks last night in the forms of clips of the people who Continue reading →

April 8: Talks!

The good news of the day is that it looks like the opposition and the government have agreed to start Continue reading →