Losing the spin war
My immediate reaction after today’s “pictures” and revelations, in Foreign Policy’s Transitions blog. Whether it’s Chávez’s health or the economy, it seems the only “proof” we have is that...
Juan Cristobal Nagel
Teaches Economics at Universidad de los Andes in Santiago, Chile. Former editor of Caracas Chronicles.
A move in the right direction
For all we talk about policy in this blog, I’m glad I’m not a politician. I’m relieved I don’t have to repeat talking points or, gulp, lie. Very...
The China connection
Over at Foreign Policy’s Transitions blog (apologies, but you need to log in to read the piece), I take a break from my vacation to discuss the link...
Panic is thine enemy
Recent shenanigans at the National Assembly have created a sense of panic in certain opposition circles. To recap: following the defection (which sounds curiously like defecation) of two...
Venezuela is a Ponzi scheme
(Posted on Foreign Policy´s Transitions blog) A pyramid scheme called Venezuela By Juan Cristobal Nagel Hugo Chávez, Venezuela’s embattled president, is living on borrowed time. The real problem...
Princess of China
El Nacional continues with its reporting on the push to get China to provide new financing for the Bolivarian Revolution. In a rambling article by Andrés Rojas, we...
The crowded bandwagon (cont)
Note: Long-time reader Dago takes the Torres/Monaldi/Morales/Rodríguez proposal for handing out oil rents to citizens and then taxing them, and frames it in an interesting, approachable way. He...
Hugo Chávez, darling of Wall Street
Bloomberg’s Ye Xie and Nathan Crooks have a very interesting article profiling the cozy relationship between Hugo Chávez and his bondholders. They make the case that, in spite...
Games people play
When the final chapter in chavismo is written (and I’m one of the few that think this will happen sooner than most think) one of its most glaring...
The bandwagon is getting crowded
Long-time readers know extorres, our frequent (yet annoyingly anonymous) commenter who has been pushing the direct distribution of oil wealth for a loooong time. Today, the Wall Street...
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