Venezuela’s real estate market does not lend itself to conventional analysis. Pricing, liquidity, and transaction structure all diverge from what an investor would expect in a functioning credit market, and any assessment must start from that premise.

The blue crab represents one of Venezuela's most significant and resilient wild-caught seafood exports.

When it comes to Venezuela's non-oil exports, shrimp is the real star. The sector currently represents one of the most important non-oil export chains in the country, easily outperforming traditional industries such as cement and aluminium, which collapsed after massive waves of nationalisations.