Crabs in a bucket
Juan Cristóbal says: – It’s hard to understate the disarray in Venezuela’s multi-colored, multi-generational opposition movement. The tsunami of legislation the government has barraged us with have left...
Juan Cristobal Nagel
Teaches Economics at Universidad de los Andes in Santiago, Chile. Former editor of Caracas Chronicles.
Drooling on the lens of his Sincerity-cam
Juan Cristóbal says: – The quote of the day comes from the Venice love-fest between Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chávez and Oliver Stone: “I used the real man,” Stone...
A contrast in leadership
Juan Cristóbal says: – In the face of the chavista onslaught on civil liberties, it would be nice if the opposition showed some leadership, a path that may...
Our (non)deliberative and (non)participatory (non)democracy
Juan Cristóbal says: – Quico and I are both swamped today, but we didn’t want to the day to pass without highlighting that Chávez’s National Assembly passed a...
Quico hits AM Radio
Juan Cristóbal says: – Quico will hit the conservative AM radiowaves tomorrow morning to talk about Chávez. Tomorrow (at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time / 8:00 a.m. in Caracas,)...
Uribe and Obama should scrap their deal
Juan Cristóbal says: – As you probably know, the recent controversy surrounding Venezuela and Colombia has to do with an agreement allowing the US Armed Forces to use...
Lingering questions from Chávez’s press conference
Juan Cristóbal says: – Hugo Chávez gave an off-limits-to-the-locals press conference today. In it, he went in depth about the AT-4 missile launchers belonging to the Venezuelan Armed...
Prominent chavista pans new Media Law
Juan Cristóbal says: – Former Constitutional Assembly member and former Ambassador to Mexico Vladimir Villegas wrote a stinging op-ed piece trashing the new Media Law under discussion in...
#freemediave and the boiling media war
Juan Cristóbal says: -The government’s takeover of 34 radio stations over the weekend has gained considerable attention. In spite of the bad PR it is getting and bound...
Moratinos = Franco
Juan Cristóbal says: – Over the weekend, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos opined that the freedom of expression situation in Venezuela is “satisfactory.” Reports linking that view...
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