Tail-between-my-legs Chronicles
Venezuela is now the riskiest country in the world. This damning-yet-not-completely-unexpected development is not unrelated with what is happening in Buenos Aires. Argentina, who for years has been...
Juan Cristobal Nagel
Teaches Economics at Universidad de los Andes in Santiago, Chile. Former editor of Caracas Chronicles.
The Venezuelan bond market - not for the faint of heart
Venezuela is now the riskiest country in the world. I break down the reasons why in my latest for FP. The value added: Deep down, however, the government...
Caracas Chronicles in the media
Two tidbits: 1. I’ll be interviewed live on “From Washington Al Mundo,” a show on Cristina Saralegui’s Sirius XM radio Station. It should air today at 4:30 PM...
What Migbelis Castellanos taught me about work ethic
Over at Foreign Policy, I talk about how Miss Venezuela has become an oasis where hard work and (somewhat) honest competition are rewarded. The value added, with some...
'Toy Picao Chronicles: An open letter to Tibisay Lucena
by FoB Daniel Lansberg-Rodríguez Last week, electoral authorities in Azerbaijan – a small, oil rich, nation nestled lovingly between steadfast Bolivarian allies Iran and Russia – enthusiastically announced the landslide...
Peking (lame) duck
A few weeks ago I wrote an article for Foreign Policy’s Transitions blog about Nicolás Maduro’s China trip. Given the influence China is playing in how Venezuela shapes...
Bolívares! Bolívares! (UPDATED: Maduro loses)
In what has to be a first, the promotional video for Ciudad Bolívar’s sure-to-be-doomed candidacy for the 2019 Panamerican Games consists, mostly, of a jingle praising our currency....
Communicational hegemony = fun with numbers
Pro-government website Noticias 24 had an interesting headline this morning: In other words, Venezuela was one of the countries in Latin America that received the highest numbers of...
Merentes' sin? Brutal honesty
It’s hard to dislike poor Finance Minister Nelson Merentes. In a sea of chavista insanity, he usually comes across as a sort-of reasonable guy or, at the very...
The Habilit-ation condemnation overreaction
Nicolás Maduro went to the National Assembly to ask for special powers, i.e., the ability to rule by decree. He doesn’t yet have the votes, but it sounds...
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