Bolivar – Orinoco Tribune – News and opinion pieces about Venezuela and beyond

Últimas Noticias Survey: Bolívar Continues to Dominate Payment Methods in Venezuela

May 2, 2021 orinocotribune Bolivar, digital economy, digital payments, digitization of the economy, dollar, dollarization, Economy, Finance And The Economy, foreign currency, UN Data

It is quite common to hear that Venezuela has been “dollarized” and that the sovereign currency bolívar is “no longer

Economy Opinion

Wages, Production, and Money in the Midst of Economic Warfare

February 23, 2021 Pasqualina Curcio Bolivar, economic warfare, Economy, inflation, money, production, purchasing power, salary, Venezuela

By Pasqualina Curcio – Feb 16, 2021 There are those who utilize a monetarist dogma to shut off debate with

Venezuelan Government and Banking Sector Evaluate Mechanisms to Strengthen the Bolivar and the Digital Economy

January 10, 2021 orinocotribune BCV, Bolivar, Calixto Ortega, Delcy Rodríguez, digital economy, Sudeban, Tareck El Aissami

The Executive Vice President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, held a meeting with the representatives of the public and private banking

Dollar, Bolivar, exchange rate, Venezuela, devaluation, parliamentary elections, economic warfare,

Black Market Dollar Reaches Almost One Million Bolivars – 6D Elections Effect

November 23, 2020 orinocotribune Bolivar, devaluation, dollar, economic warfare, exchange rate, Parliamentary Elections, Venezuela

This Monday, November 23, the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) informed the general public of the official average exchange rate

dollar, bolivar, devaluation venezuela

Hellish Week for Black Market Exchange Rate in Venezuela – US Dollar Nearing 700,000 Bs. (Unconventional War)

November 13, 2020 orinocotribune Bolivar, dollar, dollarization, Economy, exchange rate, inflation, public servants, salaries, unconventional war, Venezuela

A voracious foreign exchange rate market rose an average of almost 30%, going from 535,132 Bolivars per US dollar at

Economy Opinion

The Productive Engines (I)

September 1, 2020September 2, 2020 Pasqualina Curcio BCV, Bolivar, Economy, hyperinflation, monetarist theory, production recovery, Venezuela, wages

By Pasqualina Curcio – Aug 31, 2020 From 2013 to 2018, production in Venezuela fell 49%, that is, the cake

Latin America and ALBA-TCP News

Spanish Diplomats Being Held at the Mexican Embassy in Bolivia (Siege of the Mexican Embassy)

December 28, 2019December 28, 2019 orinocotribune asylum, Bolivar, Bolivia, coup d’etat, de facto government, Jeanine Anez, Mexico, mistake after mistake, now Spain

Spanish officials were held on Friday at the Mexican Embassy in Bolivia, where the police and military siege continues, generating

Why is the Bolivar Devaluing so Fast? Anti-Chavista Economist Talk

August 30, 2019August 30, 2019 orinocotribune anti-chavismo, Bolivar, chicago boys, devaluation, dollar, excess of liquidity, exchange rate

The black market dollar continues its upward trend, as has been registered in recent days and with “unpredictable” behavior. The

Latin America and ALBA-TCP Opinion

Dossier No. 17 – Venezuela and Hybrid Wars in Latin America

June 8, 2019 orinocotribune Antonio Gramsci, Barrick Gold, Bolivar, Canada, Chile, Hugo Chavez, Latin America and ALBA-TCP, Peter Munk, President Maduro, Tricontinental, Venezuela

By Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research There was a time not long ago when ‘Venezuela’ referred to the epicentre of

Ideology-Commune-Labor News

The Present-Day Situation in Venezuela Through the Voice of the Peasants

May 19, 2019 orinocotribune Bolivar, Chavismo, Commune, food sovereignty, Interview, National Peasant Front Ezequiel Zamora, Via Campesina, Zamora

Last month, WhyHunger interviewed Kevin Rangel from the National Peasant Front Ezequiel Zamora, member of our ally global movement La

Economy Opinion

Bolivar – Gold

April 28, 2019April 30, 2019 orinocotribune Bolivar, currency exchange, Economy, gold, hyperinflation

By Pasqualina Curcio Just a year ago, in this same column, we proposed to anchor the bolivar to gold with

Opinion Security and Defense

Pepe Mujica or So Much Swimming to Die Drowned on the Shore

February 5, 2019February 6, 2019 orinocotribune Bolivar, coup d’etat, Hirving, Independance, Lima Group, negotiations, US Imperialism

We are struggling to reach the shore and not die in the attempt By: Julio Escalona I am