Leading the outrage brigade
Here at Caracas Chronicles, we’ve had our differences with my old (young) professor Luis Vicente León, but on the burgeoning scandal that is the MUD’s looming decision to...
Juan Cristobal Nagel
Teaches Economics at Universidad de los Andes in Santiago, Chile. Former editor of Caracas Chronicles.
Taking spinning to a whole new level
Chavistas love to wallow in their magical April 11th mythology, and over at the Spanish site we’ve highlighted a few of the headlines from the past few days....
Can you see Russia from your penthouse?
Things that make you go hmm: Where does Noticias24.com, a fine publication we love to crib from, get the resources to go to Lima and have a nice...
Barreto reappears...!
… and from the looks of him, that’s not a good thing. Dude, what’s with the get-up? Oh, and you should have listened to us, we warned you...
The $9 billion question
So, if we’re now using technology to make sure gasoline isn’t sold across the border … why can’t we use it to make sure we only subsidize gas...
Huh?
We usually send our fellow blogger Setty heaps of praise, most of it deserved. But this one left me scratching my head. About the elections in Peru, Setty...
Sinking in MUD
So the latest word is that the opposition primaries will be held February 12th. This article lays it out. Apparently, Primero Justicia was willing to compromise in exchange...
Mental health break
In Spanish, but perfectly understandable to a non-native speaker. PS.- This is how Chávez toys with us … all the time. #24 … and I’m starting with the...
Amperes, not empires
In an interesting op-ed published in El Universal (now there’s something I don’t write every day), Julio Borges keeps the focus on bread-and-butter issues. If there is one...
Another one bites the dust
Chalk this up to another instance of the US justice system doing what the Venezuelan “justice” “system” refuses to do. Government regulator Rafael Ramos de la Rosa, who...
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