Alimentos Polar, the Venezuelan company responsible for manufacturing 80% of the country’s beer supply, has officially shut down.This shutdown comes after months of being denied the dollars necessary to buy malted barley, a necessary ingredient used for beer production. Like many other Venezuelan companies, Polar blames the government.President Nicolas Maduro…
Venezuela Named to ‘Trademark Theft Watch List’ by U.S. Officials
A new report has revealed that Venezuela and several other nations are under close watch by U.S. officials for intellectual property theft. According to FootwearNews.com, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has named China as the top international offender of intellectual property theft and counterfeits. The findings…
Venezuela’s Two Day Work Week Designed to Deal With Energy Crisis
Venezuela is facing a major energy crisis and drought, and in order to deal with these problems, the government has imposed a two-day working week for public sector workers. Until the crisis is over, Vice President Aristobulo Isturiz has announced that civil servants need only come to work on Monday…
Venezuela Government Announces Periodic Electricity Shutdowns to Save Energy
In case people have forgotten why it all but died in the first place, the argument for socialism just took another hit. According to The Wall Street Journal, the Venezuelan government announced on Thursday that they will be turning off the electricity in many homes across the country in an effort…
Latin American Restaurants Gearing up for National Empanada Day on Friday
Latin Americans know that their cuisine is the most delicious in the world, but Americans are just beginning to learn how amazing this food really is. On Friday, April 8, the entire nation will celebrate the glory of empanadas on a very special unofficial holiday.According to Lancaster Online, Friday is National…
Zika in Venezuela: Containing an Outbreak the Government Refuses to Acknowledge
The spread of the Zika virus in Venezuela isn’t the only pressing issue that the South American country is currently facing, but it might be the hardest to get a solid grasp of. The country’s current economic downturn has led to a variety of struggles, and the fact that doctors…
18 Months From Zika Vaccine, Venezuela’s Outbreak Could Be Much Worse Than the Government is Reporting
Brazil has been designated as the epicenter of the current Zika virus outbreak, but their neighbors to the north have become one of the breeding ground for the diseases spread. Unfortunately, relief doesn’t look to be coming anytime soon. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) and reported by The…
$100 Million Lawsuit Against Venezuela Now Underway in U.S. Court
The case itself is over a decade old, and some of the details involved go back even further, but a federal trial over a $100 million lawsuit issued in 2004 has finally begun in a United States court in the state of Ohio. At first glance the surrounding details read…