Thursday, April 16, 2026

Water and Electricity: A Tender Seeking to Align Interests in Maximizing Tourism on Margarita Island

The investor who offers to contribute the most—above a minimum of US$ 700 million—in investments designed to help supply electricity and water to Margarita Island will receive, in exchange, a 3% share of all the island's tourism revenue for a period of 35 years. 

Undoubtedly, the winner will have a clear vested interest in ensuring that the investments they make prove beneficial to the island—and, as an added bonus, will become a major promoter of that tourism.

Thursday, February 5, 2026

Mar-a-Laguna Club

Suddenly, Donald Trump, by 2029 a former president, might decide that to boost tourism on the Margarita Island, and incidentally his own bank account, to revive the once so impressive LagunaMar resort, turning it into an equally magnificent Mar-a-Laguna Club.