2012 Regional Elections live blog
Chavismo sweeps the board except for Miranda, Lara and Amazonas, with Bolívar on a knife edge. For the first time in who-knows-how-long, not a single Venezuelan governor will...
Juan Cristobal Nagel
Teaches Economics at Universidad de los Andes in Santiago, Chile. Former editor of Caracas Chronicles.
All eyes on Miranda
Twenty three Venezuelan states will pick governors today, but there is one race that looms larger than the rest: the race in Miranda. If Henrique Capriles Radonski is...
Maduro takes center stage
I discuss the Aporrea-roots reaction, among other things, over at Foreign Policy’s Transitions blog, One commentator in the widely read pro-Chávez forum Aporrea criticized the selection of Maduro, claiming the vice-president...
Everything changes, everything stays the same
Setty thinks the oil industry is not going anywhere regardless of what happens with the Cuban Patient. He makes a whole lot of sense.
Adventures in supraconstitutionality
Everyone is focused on quirky Article 233 of Venezuela’s Constitution. But what about its freaky cousin, Article 231? Here is what it says, in my rough translation: Article...
Silver linings
So are there reasons for optimism? You betcha! First off, with the rumour mill going off the rails yesterday, we need to keep in mind that Chávez’s death...
Crumbling cartels and reform
I received a coment via email from someone asking why Caracas Chronicles was being so pessimistic. He wondered if there was any reason for hope. This guest post...
Apt pupil
President-in-waiting Nicolás Maduro addressed the nation. We can already see glimmers of his style, and it is pure Chávez. Instead of using the momentous occasion to unite the...
Apt pupil
President-in-waiting Nicolás Maduro addressed the nation. We can already see glimmers of his style, and it is pure Chávez. Instead of using the momentous occasion to unite the...
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