Graph of the day
Accompanying article here. The money quote It turns out that the profusion of oil wealth might actually make the roads more dangerous due to something political scientists call...
Juan Cristobal Nagel
Teaches Economics at Universidad de los Andes in Santiago, Chile. Former editor of Caracas Chronicles.
Shadow foreign policy
Over at Foreign Policy’s Transitions blog, I discuss the opposition’s new diplomatic offensive. The value added: These trips are part of a new phase for the Venezuelan opposition....
The silver lining
One of the few good things about the Bolivarian Involution is the fact that so many talented people (Jon Lee Anderson, Mario Vargas Llosa) take interest in Venezuela....
All in the family
At an emotional memorial service for the three-month anniversary of Hugo Chávez’s death, we see, placing their hands on the hallowed grave of the Comandante Supremo, in no...
How to track a zombie (Updated)
I wasn’t aware of the details leading up to the extraordinary admission by Socorro Hernández that, yes, indeed dead people voted in Venezuela. But thanks to leading Venezuelan...
The walking dead (Updated)
Ah, if it weren’t for revolutionary slips of the tongue. On the heels of Mario Silva-gate, CNE Board member Socorro Hernández lets us in on a little secret:...
Değil bir adım geri
The chavista model of the modern autocracy – dismantle democratic checks and balances while simultaneously keeping a democratic façade by winning elections – is possibly our only remaining...
Money down the toilet
Bloomberg’s Charlie Devereux, Corina Pons, and Sebastian Boyd are reporting that Venezuelan Finance Minister Nelson Merentes will soon hit the road to see what appetite there is for...
Bayly and Capriles
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