Juan Cristobal Nagel
Teaches Economics at Universidad de los Andes in Santiago, Chile. Former editor of Caracas Chronicles.
The view from your window: Parque Central
Caracas, Venezuela. 11 am. Send us the View from Your Window: caracaschronicles at fastmail dot fm, or nageljuan at gmail dot com. Please ensure the window frame is...
War games
Juan Cristóbal says: – Once in a while, Quico and I get emails from readers in Colombia asking about Hugo Chávez’s latest antics vis-a-vis their government. Since yesterday...
The view from your window: Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, USA. 4 pm. Send us the View from Your Window: caracaschronicles at fastmail dot fm, or nageljuan at gmail dot com. Please ensure the window frame...
The expected begins to happen
Juan Cristóbal says: – Courageous Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez was briefly kidnapped from the streets of Havana by unidentified thugs and beaten. Her harrowing account is here, in...
Owning up to one's bad calls
Juan Cristóbal says: – Barely a week after we were declaring the Honduras crisis all but over, we get news the agreement has collapsed. Not only that, a...
The view from your window: Asunción
Asunción, Paraguay. 1 pm. Send us the View from Your Window: caracaschronicles at fastmail dot fm, or nageljuan at gmail dot com. Please ensure the window frame is...
Loser boasts of taking from winner
Juan Cristóbal says: – This video, secretly taped, shows the loser in last year’s election for Caracas Metropolitan Mayor, chavista Aristóbulo Istúriz, explaining the raison d’etre and the...
The view from your window: Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 2:30 PM. Send us the View from Your Window: caracaschronicles at fastmail dot fm, or nageljuan at gmail dot com. Please ensure the window frame...
The Huffington Post ...
Juan Cristóbal says: – … discusses harassment of gays and lesbians at the hands of Venezuelan government goons. Check it out – I wonder what Sean Penn thinks...
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