The Needlers
Juan Cristóbal says: – In Latin America, few topics are more predictable than the on-again, off-again, love-hate relationship between Hugo Chávez and Álvaro Uribe. Almost like clockwork, you...
Juan Cristobal Nagel
Teaches Economics at Universidad de los Andes in Santiago, Chile. Former editor of Caracas Chronicles.
It's his fault, he drank it all!
Juan Cristóbal says: – “Aló, Elías? Mira chamo, yo sé que tú eres un cagaleche y que me dijiste que te da miedo cuando te grito… pero ¿cómo...
So you wanna be the leader of the opposition?
Juan Cristóbal says: – Here are six things you need to do. MEMOTo: Antonio LedezmaFrom: Caracas ChroniclesSubject: How to be an effective leader of the opposition and win...
Making Caracas look more and more like Havanna
Juan Cristóbal says: – The new nuttiness at the National Assembly? Regulating the price of housing, new and used. The geniuses want to set minimum and maximum prices...
Caracas Chronicles - soon banned in Caracas?
Juan Cristóbal says: – This story by Chris Kraul of the LA Times is remarkable in that it reports on the government’s intents to crack down not just...
Our rats are the biggest, pibe
Juan Cristóbal says: Read in an Argentine tourism webpage: “In the vast area where the capybara lives (which spans Panama, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay),...
Teodoro, the wuss
Juan Cristóbal says: Teodoro Petkoff is a favorite of Quico’s, but I have to bring him to task for today’s Tal Cual editorial. Petkoff devotes it to a...
The Filipina Tibisay
Juan Cristóbal says: – Alek Boyd sends us this link about Smartmatic’s latest “business ventures.” It appears our friends with the magical machines have been hired to provide...
Chavista meritocrats
Juan Cristóbal says: – Sounds like a misnomer, right? But there they are, people in the oil industry who stuck it out, did not join the oil strike...
The Revolution must be advertised
Juan Cristóbal says: – The attached press note from a speech given by People’s Ombuds-person Gabriela Ramírez says a lot about why our country is mired in an...
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