The long game is supra-constitutional
After having the privilege of spending some time listening to Henrique Capriles in Chile (more on that in future posts), I have a better understanding of what the...
Juan Cristobal Nagel
Teaches Economics at Universidad de los Andes in Santiago, Chile. Former editor of Caracas Chronicles.
Recordando transiciones pasadas
(And now for a change of pace: a guest post by my friend, Barquisimetan historian Froilán Ramos. In Spanish) Los días que vivimos recuerdan los que causaron la...
Singin' the carpeta blues
(A personal experience with SICAD, from a loyal reader who wishes to remain anonymous) The company I work for imports technology services for primary economic activities. The products...
Thinking about deadweight loss
This post from the UC Berkeley Energy Institute got me thinking that we’re not grasping the fullness of Venezuela’s crazy gasoline subsidy. The post is about Indonesia, and...
ProPublica on Iran and Latin America
Pulitzer-prize winning ProPublica came out with a thorough look into the links between Iran and Latin America. ProPublica is considered by some to be left-leaning, so I was...
Missing him
After a long day full of meetings, errands, and other such trivialities, I sit down to write a post and, lo and behold, I can’t find a worthwhile...
Here's something you don't read every day
A positive review of Caracas, courtesy of the New York Daily News’ Michael Kaminer. I’m glad Kaminer had a fun time, but … the Paris of South America…?...
Clean as a whistle
So according to Transparency International, Venezuela is NOT the most corrupt country in Latin America. If I’m understanding this poll correcty, people were asked if they had paid...
Baby steps toward freedom?
This is huge. Apparently, if you’re a person (not a company) and you buy currency through the new SICAD dollar auctions, you can buy as many dollars as...
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