Recently, a reliable source in Venezuela revealed a couple of drafts detailing some quite intriguing conditions for the purchase of approximately 60,000 metric tons of powdered milk by Philpot Dairy Products Limited from PDVAL, a…
After a decade of hearing the president and high-ranking officials from his regime repeatedly claim that all the problems in Venezuela are the fault of the CIA, one can confidently say that the identity of…
In 2004, an investigative report was published regarding the Venezuelan Information Office (VIO). Public records from the Foreign Agents Registration Unit of the U.S. Department of Justice show that VIO is nothing more than the…
There are so many reasons why Londoners should kick Livingstone out of City Hall that it’s hard to list them all. For me, near the top of the relevance list is Livingstone’s embrace of the…
Recently, I was asked to comment on George Bush‘s trip to Latin America here in London. Generally speaking, the British have a superficial understanding of the political dynamics in that region. After years of relentless…
London 03.02.05 | My journey into writing and reporting on the Venezuela crisis began in October 2002 when I discovered that Hugo Chavez had been invited by Oxford’s Center for Socio-Legal Studies to speak at…
This is the official statement from PDVSA: ‘The Board of Directors of Petróleos de Venezuela has been expanded to ten members, with its internal structure now including three vice presidencies. This is in accordance with…
London – Well, well. Finally, a major publication in the U.S. has picked up on the reports I’ve published on this blog exposing rampant corruption and money laundering by a handful of Venezuelan thugs and…
OIL The Government is considering outsourcing exploration and production programs to large corporations. José Suárez-Núñez The Minister of Energy and Mines, Rafael Ramírez, confirmed yesterday a 30% cut in the investment plan and a 40%…