04.05.16: Podemos

Authorities in Spain claim to have irrefutable evidence that Hugo Chavez personally authorized payments exceeding €7 million to an organization called Centro Continue reading →

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 →

07.06.15: Universal Essequibo

Maduro is acurrently giving a speech in the National Assembly in which he promised to reveal the details of all the 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 →

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 →

September 10: Shady Numbers

The Banco Central de Venezuela issued a correction today for the inflation numbers it released yesterday. Yesterday, the bank released data Continue reading →