Venezuela News And Views

In the graph below I have plotted the evolution of the Venezuelan currency on the parallel market since Chavez won reelection on December 3,...

There was a sense of relief last week as during an elaborate ceremony we were treated to the Venezuelan government agreeing to pay the US ow...

This travelling is really taking a toll on me. But thanks to diligent bloggers I can do an easy one tonight, that will go very well with th...

Last week I came back from a 10 days trip to the US of and Colombia. Two imperfect democracies perhaps (mostly Colombia of course) but two ...

Alek Boyd, from Vcrisis , did write me a letter somewhat related to the preceding post, as to how these conferences on Venezuela are often p...

Upon my return to Caracas words fail me to express the nadir that I am seeing coming for Venezuela. So, while I find words to try to expres...

Some tidbits on the run. Chavez is getting today his official "enabling law", which has even been enlarged in scope from the preli...