Live-by-the-sword Chronicles
The Venezuelan Embassy Ambassador’s Residence in Tripoli is being ransacked and looted. Or, as Hugo Chávez would put it, it’s in the way of a “popular rebellion,” a “spark”...
Juan Cristobal Nagel
Teaches Economics at Universidad de los Andes in Santiago, Chile. Former editor of Caracas Chronicles.
"I don't ask why patients lie, I just assume they all do"
The quote is from everyone’s favorite cantankerous physician, Dr. House. I thought about it today when reading that, in the next few days, Hugo Chávez will return to...
Ramírez hits the big time
This profile of Rafael Ramírez and PDVSA in The Guardian is pretty interesting. When was the last time you read a glowing portrait of a chavista minister in...
Vote for that guy!
Thoughts on Manuel Rosales’ proclamation of Pablo Perez as UNT’s candidate?
Birds of a feather
You know, this whole business with Chávez and Fidel just keeps getting stranger and stranger. At first we thought their relationship was that of mentor and mentee. Horrified...
Judging-a-book-by-its-cover Chronicles
Just look at the pretty stuff your tax bolivars pay! I mouth off in the Spanish language site…
Where were you seven years ago?
August 15th, 2004. The day of the failed Recall Referendum against Hugo Chavez. For months we planned, we signed, we went to Reparos, we trusted that we had...
Searching for black ink, but finding red
Ever wonder how all those chavista companies are doing? Do they make enough to even pay their bills? How much did they really cost? Are the workers there...
Historical trends as revolutionary achievements
Chavista deputy Aristóbulo Istúriz was heard today mouthing off about how Venezuela’s income distribution, the less unequal in Latin America, is a revolutionary achievement, only possible thanks to...
Savage capitalism alert!
Are you in the market for a 1953 Ford Pisicorre with eight seats? Do you want to use it as a boat taxi? How about a brand new laptop,...
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