04.05.15: Pseudo-Leaders

El Nacional reports today that since coming to power in April 2013, Maduro has gone on cadena 236 times for a Continue reading →

04.04.15: The Guessing Game

Jose Guerra, a former high-level official with the Banco Central de Venezuela (BCV) and current professor at the Universidad Central de Venezuela, has calculated Continue reading →

03.31.15: Breaking Records

A day after issuing a press release in which she heavily criticized statistics released by the Public Ministry, Delsa Solorzano Continue reading →

03.17.15: The Last Drop

The Venezuelan government took out a full-page ad in today’s edition of the New York Times in response to sanctions placed by Continue reading →

02.15.15: Arm-Twisting

Spanish newspaper ABC claimed in an article published today that the Venezuelan government threatened Spanish corporations operating in the country with Continue reading →

December 16: Extraordinary Measures

Minister of Foreign Affairs Rafael Ramirez reiterated today comments made by Maduro yesterday that “extraordinary economic measures” were on the Continue reading →

December 5: Talking Nonsense

According to official government figures, the Plan Nacional de Desarme y Pacificacion [National Disarmament an Pacification Plan] has destroyed approximately 15,000 firearms Continue reading →

November 8: Shoe Sale

During a televised speech last night, Maduro said that 2015 will see the defeat of the so-called “economic war” his Continue reading →