Venezuela needs low-carbon action - not greenwash
Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. The Venezuelan government is being praised for organising an event last July with over 100 organisations dedicated to promoting civil society participation ...
Chocolate city: Tour shows off Zurich as the place for chocoholics
I'm instantly hooked on Lotti's Best -- one of Rousset's suggestions -- a crumbly nougat feuilletine with tonka bean and a pinch of fleur de sel, covered with Criollo de Venezuela 65% and milk chocolate. Naturally, it's easier, and much more fun ...
Venezuela to Fingerprint Supermarket Shoppers
When artificial price controls fail to bring food to the poor and instead lead to catastrophic shortages for everyone, what do you do? If you are Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, you don't admit that the socialist policy you inherited from the late ...
Venezuela's Maduro Sees Approval Boost
Venezuela's president Nicolas Maduro has seen his approval rating bounce back, and now enjoys overwhelming majority support, accord to polls. Venezuela's president Nicolas Maduro is enjoying a 60 percent approval rating, according to a recent poll ...
Venezuela’s Sovereignty Under Attack
In the coming weeks, the United States Senate is expected to vote on a bill authorizing boosted funding for anti-government groups in Venezuela for the upcoming fiscal year. If passed, the bill will only further violate legislation that prohibits said ...
Dollar Shortage Bites Venezuela as Devaluation Seen: Currencies
Venezuelan Daniela Toledo knew exactly what to ask for as a gift when her boss went on vacation to the Caribbean. Instead of a carton of duty free cigarettes or a bottle of whisky, Toledo wanted a stick of her favorite deodorant, which she’d been unable ...
Venezuela Will Fingerprint Grocery Shoppers to Control Purchases
In Dystopian Present news, Venezuela is about to start fingerprinting citizens to control how much food they're allowed to buy when they shop for groceries. President Nicholas Maduro announced the move earlier this week, calling it an "anti-fraud system ...
The Venezuela Case Study In How Not To Help The Poor
Venezuela under Chavez and now Maduro is an interesting case study in how not to go about trying to aid the poor. What they’ve done is interfered with market signals in an attempt to make certain items cheaper for the poor to purchase. The net effect has ...
Eggs, Milk And Ink: Venezuela Wants All Supermarket Shoppers Fingerprinted
Attention Venezuelan shoppers: Please proceed to the supermarket checkout for fingerprinting. That could be a reality if a plan announced earlier this week by the country's president, Nicolas Maduro, goes into effect. The purpose? Combating shortages ...
Venezuela Proposes Fingerprinting Grocery Shoppers
Venezuelans could soon have to scan their fingerprints to buy bread. President Nicolas Maduro says a mandatory fingerprinting system is being implemented at grocery stores to combat food shortages by keeping people from buying too much of a single item.
