The final frontier
Juan Cristóbal says: – Loyal reader Kepler has a post on his blog about Amazonas state. It’s well worth a read, if anything for the links and the...
Juan Cristobal Nagel
Teaches Economics at Universidad de los Andes in Santiago, Chile. Former editor of Caracas Chronicles.
Speaking truth to power, Cuba-style
Juan Cristóbal says: – Blogger extraordinaire Yoani Sanchez fights for her rights. In Spanish only…
Former communist guerrilla blasts state intervention in the economy
Juan Cristóbal says: (With my apologies to Teodoro-groupie Quico, but that headline wrote itself.) In today’s Tal Cual, Teodoro Petkoff sensibly butchers the Chávez administration for involving itself...
The curious case of the missing panic
Juan Cristóbal says: As the government’s authoritarian noose tightens, and next year’s Legislative elections draw ever nearer with zero progress on a unity platform, it’s fair to ask:...
The view from your window: Alexandria
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The view from your window: Olanthe
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"I'll have a second serving of crazy please"
Juan Cristóbal says: – We’ve discussed the insanity of the government’s recent bond extravaganza here and here. The great Miguel summarizes the whole carnival here. What does the...
This socialism thing is hard!
Juan Cristóbal says: – “It’s hard to build socialism in this country.” Wise words coming from the mouth of chavista apparatchik Aristóbulo Istúriz. Socialism is hard, he claims,...
Chavista porn
Juan Cristóbal says: – Our chavista readers complain that all our blog does is talk smack about the government nonstop. That’s a fair criticism, so I decided to...
Selling bonds, selling our future
Juan Cristóbal says: In what the government is hailing as a positive development, the Chávez administration has just “sold” $5 billion worth of bonds in order to ease...
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