Courtesy of: Reuters
For months, What’s Next Venezuela and other major news outlets have been reporting on the rampant shortages plaguing Venezuela. In light of this reality, we and many others were stunned to learn this week that President Nicolás Maduro is expected to receive an award from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the
Courtesy of: Associated Prses
The presidency of former bus driver Nicolás Maduro began inauspiciously, his government using intimidation and threats to consolidate power. Now, two months after he claimed victory in an election fraught by irregularities, things have only gotten worse for Maduro. The aftermath of Venezuela’s election controversy have caused Maduro to lose support
Courtesy of: El Universal
Nicolás Maduro and his socialist government cannot claim that they were not warned. Economists have long predicted that a Venezuelan economy propped up by excessive borrowing and an unsustainably high oil market would collapse spectacularly. Hugo Chávez, his cancer kept at bay just long enough to secure reelection, spent enough borrowed