Chavista paper thinks US Embassy is its bitch
Ernesto Villegas, the director of the rag that first posted the false news about the Venezuelan soccer team’s visas, has decided to double down. He insists the rumor...
Juan Cristobal Nagel
Teaches Economics at Universidad de los Andes in Santiago, Chile. Former editor of Caracas Chronicles.
Torture the pots
Over at the Spanish site, I discuss Chile’s new normal and the memories it brings me. And by the way, the New York Times story on the Chilean...
U.S. Embassy inserts cleat in mouth (UPDATE: I'm the one with the cleat in his mouth)
Venezuela’s love affair with its national soccer team is strong and growing. The President, the opposition, the media … everyone loves the Vinotinto. Some days, we think it’s...
MUD-fight
The war against the MUD continues. Every three hours or so there is something new. Now, VTV airs private conversations from non-entities to show … what, exactly? Seriously,...
Iris, unfiltered
Iris Varela’s plan to deal with prison overcrowding by simply freeing 40% of the prison population is nice and all, but … aren’t judges supposed to be the ones...
They bark, Sancho... (Updated)
For the life of me, I can’t remember the last time an obscure, hard-to-understand decision by the opposition unleashed the torrent of invective that has been foaming from...
Mr. Big Oil
What would oil policy look like in a Leopoldo López presidency? 1. Lots of investment in production, geared toward making Venezuela the world’s top producer 2. Lots of...
Tinderbox meets match
There’s a lot to digest in today’s appointment of La Comandante Fosforito (in English, Commander Firecracker) as Minister for the Penitentiary System. It’s no secret that Venezuela’s prison...
The litmus test
“If he can make getting a cédula easier, then I will consider supporting him.” I remember thinking and saying this back in 1999, when Hugo Chávez was first...
Going south, deep in the red, yet surviving
The liquidation of my sorta-hometown bookstore today brought mixed feelings. I’m sad to see a place that I visited so often go down in flames. But on the other...
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