Observers get a taste of chavismo
The international observers from Spain’s Instituto de Altos Estudios Europeos just came out with a damning report regarding the Venezuelan election. Basically, they think there are numerous elements...
Juan Cristobal Nagel
Teaches Economics at Universidad de los Andes in Santiago, Chile. Former editor of Caracas Chronicles.
Capriles drops a "C" bomb
Henrique Capriles held a press conference yesterday, which he duly posted on his new Internet TV Channel (is there such a thing?) capriles.tv. In it, he let slip...
Caracas-one-can-only-dream-of Chronicles
As long-time readers know, traffic in Caracas is one of our favorite topics. This video I caught today reminds me that we haven’t written about it in a...
S&P to Maduro: down you go
Standard & Poor’s downgraded Venezuela’s debt from junk to useless junk. Why should you care? Because the lower our debt rating, the higher the interest rates we have...
Tremendo rollo
My take on the toilet paper crisis in a post that proved very difficult to write, over at the Transitions blog. The value added: Venezuela actually can’t afford...
Is El Chigüire Maduro's new press secretary?
After reading news items like this one, I can only conclude that the trolling of our public sphere is now state policy. In it, we learn that Maduro,...
The small print
You know the story that ran a few days ago about the Maduro government signing agreements with Chevron and the CNPC to develop some oil fields? Well, according...
The H1N1-mitable Minister of Health
(A guest post by loyal reader Aquiles) The Venezuelan Ministress of Health Isabel Iturria has weighed in on the outbreak of H1N1 virus across Venezuela, the critical shortage...
The first casualty
(Something about this short piece by Héctor Torres really touched me. I guess it stirred up the conservative that lives within me. I’m taking the liberty to translate...
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