The (possibly) inevitable Constitutional Assembly
Last September’s Parliamentary elections showed that, even with the cards stacked against it, Venezuela’s opposition could win the popular vote. Knowing this will serve us well in 2012, when...
Juan Cristobal Nagel
Teaches Economics at Universidad de los Andes in Santiago, Chile. Former editor of Caracas Chronicles.
6,000 people...?!
That’s the number of people employed by the Alcaldía Metropolitana, Caracas’ Metropolitan Mayor’s Office. You know, the one that Chávez basically hollowed out. The one that he insists is only...
Our future biggest FANs
Our youthful friends over at the Spanish-language blog “Sin el Chivo y el Mecate” have a new post up. In it, they address the fact that Venezuela’s top...
A layperson's guide to Venezuela's long recession
Yesterday, the Central Bank of Venezuela published its quarterly report on economic activity, covering the third quarter of 2010. Since these documents are close to impenetrable for a...
Please, oh master, throw us a bone
So far, I’ve avoided discussing Hugo Chávez’s Twitter account. But let’s face it – the thing is downright depressing. Chávez’s last tweets were on November 1st, and they...
One for the history buffs
I kind of dug this video on the history of Maracaibo, based on the Bolívar Films archives. At 51 minutes, it’s a bit long, but well made. (Full disclosure...
Dilma, Maria Gabriela, and the legacy issue
The election of Dilma Rousseff as Brazil’s first female President inspires mixed feelings. On the one hand, the historic nature of her win cannot be underestimated. In a...
Full of gas
Over the weekend, Italian multinational ENI announced a major gas discovery. The Perla field, in the waters of the Gulf of Venezuela, contains more gas than the entire...
The very reasonable Guido
Henry Rangel Silva is an example of some of the worst our country has to offer. So, for a change, I thought I would end the week with...
The Thing that Ate Venezuela
With its recent mass of fresh expropriations, the Venezuelan government has reverted to its old, troubling ways. Now that the Parliamentary elections are behind us, it is unburdened...
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