September 6: Equilibrium

Following the increase in price of household cleaning products, dish soap, and household disinfectants earlier this week, the following items Continue reading →

September 4: Rising Prices

The Superintendencia Nacional para la Defensa de los Derechos Socioeconomicos [National Superintendency for the Defence of Socio-economic Rights] (SUNDDE), the body responsible for Continue reading →

September 3: “El Sacudon” That Wasn’t

During a televised speech last night, Maduro finally gave the details of his much-hyped sacudon. In Spanish, the word sacudon means, “to Continue reading →

Opinion: The Land of Confusion

Ever since Maduro announced the implementation of a fingerprint scanning system as a means to combat scarcity last week, Venezuelans Continue reading →

August 29: Doublespeak

During a speech on Venezolana de Television (VTV), a state-owned channel, Maduro spoke on the scarcity crisis – or, according to him, Continue reading →

August 28: Lingering Questions

After a week of mixed messages, questions over the nature of the fingerprint rationing system linger. Chief among them: is Continue reading →

August 27: Negligence and Incompetence

The biometric rationing system set to be deployed throughout the country by the end of the year appears to be Continue reading →

August 26: An Unfortunate Decision

Maduro attempted to set the record straight today on the discussion regarding who exactly is responsible for t he scarcity Continue reading →