Venezuela Default Almost Certain, Harvard Economists Say
http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-13/venezuela-default-almost-certain-harvard-economists-say.html
I have been following the news from Venezuela, mostly from panampost.com lately. Clearly, at every road cross, they choose the wrong path, away from markets. It seems that the people there just don't understand, and still believes the lies coming from the dominators even after 15 years since Chavez took over. They are going down hard.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-29/venezuela-5-3-billion-bond-default-anxiety-eases-andes-credit.html
Nothing like a little systemic risk to pad the portfolio.
The USA may get blamed for this, because of our ending QE. Weird, but possible.
Being only slightly fiscally responsible makes the horribly irresponsible look that much worse, and they are at the tipping point.
Dollar strength, exports inflation.