Did Chávez's get-out-the-vote operation make the difference?
Frequent commenter, colleague, and friend Omar wrote this technical document on voter participation and the October 7th results. I’m posting it in its entirety, in Spanish. Well worth...
Juan Cristobal Nagel
Teaches Economics at Universidad de los Andes in Santiago, Chile. Former editor of Caracas Chronicles.
Where's Waldo? Cont...
The fat man in the palace was on TV yesterday, four days after his last public appearance. He was sitting comfortably in his palace, just like last time....
Go bold, other voices
I don’t want to bring the US political process into the blog except to say this one, basic thing: Barack Obama’s victory yesterday – at a time when...
Does December even matter?
I ponder this over at Foreign Policy’s Transitions blog.
Where's Waldo?
Today, Hugo Chávez went on TV. Never mind what was discussed – some silly gibberish regarding the US election was hurled at unsuspecting viewers – the real news...
Ad war update, Gringo version
You thought the ads about Chávez were over? Think again. Comments forum goes up in flames in 5, 4, 3…
Is stupidity a pre-existing condition?
A few readers criticized me for implying, in a previous post, that the more educated you are, the less likely it is (or should be) that you are...
Do it for Socorro
Socorro Hernández is one of those chavista creatures that really tick me off. I can sort of understand people like Aristóbulo Istúriz, or Freddy Bernal, or Elías Jaua,...
Another milestone for the revolution
The World Bank’s “Doing Business 2013” report just came out. It measures the favorability of different countries toward business, by putting together a series of indicators such as...
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