05.08.16: Leonardo Gonzalez Dellan

El Nacional reported today that the Panama Papers contain information regarding Leonardo Gonzalez Dellan, the former head of the Banco Industrial de Venezuela (BIV). Continue reading →

05.07.16: On A Roll

Yesterday, the Tribunal Supremo de Justicia (TSJ), the nation’s top court, issued a ruling declaring another law passed by the opposition in Continue reading →

03.22.16: Power

The head of the largest private business organization in the country, FEDECAMARAS, said in a television interview earlier today that that Continue reading →

03.16.16: Operation Tortoise

Bolivar state governor Francisco Rangel Gomez defended statements he made to the media following the first reports that twenty eight Continue reading →

03.15.16: Milk Woes

Vice-President Aristobulo Isturiz spoke at the National Assembly today to defend the national government’s economic performance and justify yesterday’s stealth Continue reading →

03.14.16: Miners Found Dead

Earlier today, the Public Ministry announced that it had located the bodies of four of the twenty eight missing miners Continue reading →

03.11.16: A Serious Event

People’s Defender Tarek William Saab announced today that authorities had positively identified “suspects” in the disappearance and alleged massacre of at Continue reading →

03.10.16: Healthy Bones

The National Assembly approved the Ley Organica de Referendos [Referendum Law] earlier today, paving the way for a recall referendum that might Continue reading →