tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post7215515287726541306..comments2024-03-26T00:37:34.943+01:00Comments on Venezuela News And Views: Ramirez devaluates without devalauting, solving no real problem in VenezuelaDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-79439030064611802842014-01-27T02:16:05.002+01:002014-01-27T02:16:05.002+01:00All these measures will come to zero because the e...All these measures will come to zero because the economy of Venezuela cuurently cannot receive the kind of dollars it needs to meet its obligations and to pay for its debt. The scarcity of supply of dollars will further push the black market rate even higher. With debt default no supplier will want to do business with the Ven businesses. It never rains but pours for Venezuela. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994380506312235630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-72485076091964680952014-01-24T07:58:52.604+01:002014-01-24T07:58:52.604+01:00Exactly! favourable exchange rate? seriously? 11.5...Exactly! favourable exchange rate? seriously? 11.5 for 1usd? Last December (2013), in Merida I could get 65-75 Bsf/VEB to the dollar. If I had wanted to... Obviously not, as I am happy that my family can not purchase toilet paper or milk, oh no, we can feed them La Patria, and they can wipe their bums with La Patria also....Of course I went meekly along to the bank, waited 6 hours in the la cola, to change some dollars, got a flight (really?) and did my purchasing abroad, or not?<br />Yes, I am ranting. But only because I love the country and am in constant despair for my family there....<br />Mas-Burro you are a most stubborn donkey... some-one please light a fire under him..Papi-Mateohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07263862690858981363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-17823573024220875122014-01-24T03:50:22.928+01:002014-01-24T03:50:22.928+01:00There is another problem for the regime. The fav...There is another problem for the regime. The favorable exchange rate for travelers was one way to buy off some of the middle class. It went something like "yes, there is a scarcity of goods in Venezuela, but heck we'll give dollars at a very favorable exchange rate when you travel and you can buy important goods overseas." Well, past profligacy of buying off votes of the lower classes at election time means they have to cut back on one of the few efforts to curry favor (or at least temper their tendency to complain) with the middle class.ConsDemohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15312125878554292999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-71044500539456466662014-01-23T20:20:10.478+01:002014-01-23T20:20:10.478+01:00Tell a lie often enough and people will believe it...Tell a lie often enough and people will believe it as truth!William Hubschwerlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00982230953460314441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-45056976723026975262014-01-23T17:16:31.674+01:002014-01-23T17:16:31.674+01:00Ramirez has an EXTREMELY selective memory. People...Ramirez has an EXTREMELY selective memory. People like him or Jorge Rodriguez have a particular talent to block away things that annoy them and lie through and through while they swear genuinely that they are as truthful as they come.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12128609182544333477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-40056939877152229052014-01-23T15:49:12.840+01:002014-01-23T15:49:12.840+01:00Ramirez's part of speech is comical. He blamed...Ramirez's part of speech is comical. He blamed the credit card limit swipers or "raspacupos" as part of the problem of the lack of Dollars, but I think he forgot that there were special auctions for travelers so they could receive some extra Dollars besides the ones available according to the norms.Javierhttp://notiven.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-51351614882017609752014-01-22T23:53:20.863+01:002014-01-22T23:53:20.863+01:00note: the regime owes hundredS of millions of doll...<i>note: the regime owes hundredS of millions of dollars to airlines and is offering to pay those in gas and bonds...)</i><br /><br />No prob. Take all the gasoline you can at official price of 10 cents US [whatever] per gallon. Somehow I don't think this is the solution the GOV wants. Boludo Tejanonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-50093272045334787352014-01-22T23:33:16.899+01:002014-01-22T23:33:16.899+01:00This "Esto no es una devaluaciĆ³n, es un siste...This "Esto no es una devaluaciĆ³n, es un sistema de divisas diferente" is awesome.<br />Awesome in a very perverted manner.Dave Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07355264650239868491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4080946.post-16232412725743141002014-01-22T23:27:26.069+01:002014-01-22T23:27:26.069+01:00Thank you for another insightful and succinct post...Thank you for another insightful and succinct post Daniel. Although I am increasingly worried for my family in Merida....Papi-Mateohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07263862690858981363noreply@blogger.com