Considerando
Presidential Decree No. 541, published in yesterday’s Official Gazette, is one for the ages. It contains not one, not two, not three, but nine (9!) poorly written, exceedingly...
Juan Cristobal Nagel
Teaches Economics at Universidad de los Andes in Santiago, Chile. Former editor of Caracas Chronicles.
An argument full of holes
Re. the opposition’s strategy to get out the vote, Quico said: “The reason people were able to vote with cédulas chimbas, or to do coercive votos asistidos, is...
Fix your collar, @hcapriles
There’s a lot to like in this expertly-made video. The message has been trimmed of all its fat. It gets to the point quickly, concretely. Capriles makes a...
Your tax bolívars at work
Caracas woke up with these posters all over town. The ID number on the posters corresponds to “Fundación Cultural 23 de Enero Simón Bolívar.” Yes, it’s a cultural...
Make gas a priority
Reading this story on the latest goings-on in the liquified natural gas market, I keep thinking back to 1990, the first time I heard about “Proyecto Cristóbal Colón.”...
"We will produce ONE HUNDRED BILLION BARRELS OF OIL"
Setty doesn’t beat around the bush: Rafael Ramírez has zero credibility.
Is Maduro really that desperate?
Sure sounds like it. He has designated December 8th, the day of the upcoming local election in Venezuela, as a “Day of Loyalty and Love for Chávez...
Star power
I had never seen this 1998 conversation between then-candidate Hugo Chávez and the formidable, recently deceased Oscar Yanes. I picked it up through my Facebook feed, from the...
Crazy Cadivi subsidizes Colombian smugglers
This story from Colombia’s Radio Caracol was an eye-opener. The money quote (translated by me): “The exchange regime in Venezuela promotes smuggling through that country. It’s an excellent...
The government puts the "arbitrary" in "arbitrage"
Is a fourth exchange rate on its way? El Nacional’s very own economics Lois Lane, Blanca Vera Azaf, seems to think so. The money quote: “The proposal –...
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