Eleven years on, Chávez discovers Dutch Disease
You gotta hand it to Planning Minister Jorge Giordani. It took him eleven years but in the end – we’re not sure how – he managed to get...
You gotta hand it to Planning Minister Jorge Giordani. It took him eleven years but in the end – we’re not sure how – he managed to get...
In announcing a sharp currency devaluation alongside a dual exchange rate, the Venezuelan government confirmed its longstanding M.O. of periodically regularizing entrenched but previously illegal governance practices. To...
Today, we have a Guest-post from our occassional Mérida correspondent, Guido Núñez-Mujica: Bolivarian dim bulbs In Caracas, it’s just about possible to ignore them. But out here in...
Quico says: I’m still not over Chávez’s speech in Copenhagen last week. It’s been a long time since Hugo Chávez has sent my blood pressure to those lofty...
Quico says: The Latinbarómetro Poll, published by The Economist, always has an eyebrow-raising stat or two to offer. This year’s study, for instance, asks the age old question:...
Quico says: If citizens’ ability to reason together on issues of common concern in the public sphere is the cornerstone of real democracy, Venezuela is in more trouble...
Quico and Juan Cristóbal say: The new software platform for Caracas Chronicles is finally here! After several months of intense work, the site is now presentable enough for...
Juan Cristóbal says: Lately, this story about the 1988 Referendum that ended the Pinochet dictatorship keeps coming to mind. (Translated from Spanish Wikipedia): “At 12:18 AM on October...
Quico says: “Opposition” has become an obsolete concept in Venezuelan politics. Opposition is what you do to governments capable of being opposed: those that see the practice of...
Juan Cristóbal says: – A reader in Caracas told us yesterday that he was disappointed in Caracas Chronicles. He usually came to CC to find information and solace,...
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