Jorge Rueda

July 18, 2016 | Daily Business Review

President Nicolas Maduro's announcement last week that the military will lead the battle against widespread food shortages overlooks one key fact: The armed forces have played a big role in Venezuela's economic mess.

By Jorge Rueda and Joshua Goodman, Associated Press

10 minute read

April 28, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Venezuela's public employees will work only on Monday and Tuesday as the country grapples with an electricity crisis.

By Jorge Rueda, Associated Press

3 minute read

January 29, 2016 | Daily Business Review

Venezuela's medical community is demanding the government publish statistics about the Zika virus and warning that the South American country, which borders nations that are hotbeds of the illness, could already be facing an epidemic.

By Hannah Dreier and Jorge Rueda, Associated Press

3 minute read

November 12, 2015 | Daily Business Review

Two nephews of Venezuela's powerful first lady are facing arraignment in New York after being arrested in Haiti on charges of conspiring to smuggle 800 kilograms of cocaine into the U.S., people familiar with the case said.

By Jorge Rueda and Joshua Goodman

4 minute read

November 12, 2015 | Daily Business Review

Two nephews of Venezuela's powerful first lady are facing arraignment in New York after being arrested in Haiti on charges of conspiring to smuggle 800 kilograms of cocaine into the U.S., people familiar with the case said.

By Jorge Rueda and Joshua Goodman

4 minute read

May 05, 2015 | Daily Business Review

Ever since he was a young man, one of Guillermo Matos' small pleasures has been a midmonth round of cocktails with friends. His drink of choice was always imported whiskey. But with Venezuela's economic crisis putting its price out of reach, the 45-year-old men's tie store owner has had to change his ways, going local and switching to his country's internationally lauded rum. He now sips a glass of Venezuelan Santa Teresa 1796, on the rocks.

By Jorge Rueda

4 minute read

May 05, 2015 | Daily Business Review

Ever since he was a young man, one of Guillermo Matos' small pleasures has been a midmonth round of cocktails with friends. His drink of choice was always imported whiskey. But with Venezuela's economic crisis putting its price out of reach, the 45-year-old men's tie store owner has had to change his ways, going local and switching to his country's internationally lauded rum. He now sips a glass of Venezuelan Santa Teresa 1796, on the rocks.

By Jorge Rueda

4 minute read