Juan Nagel

An Ominous Opening for Venezuela’s New Parliament

Juan Nagel | January 7, 2016

For the first time in the 17 years since the late Hugo Chávez swept into power, the opposition has firm control of one of the branches of government. This ...
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Chile’s robber barons

Juan Nagel | November 12, 2015

Capitalism does need to be saved from its own excesses in Chile, but few public leaders today have the moral authority to do so.
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Venezuela’s most famous dissident gets 13 years

Juan Nagel | September 11, 2015

The trial against Leopoldo López, the jailed leader of Venezuela’s opposition, was never expected to be fair. Yet when Judge Susana Barreiros handed ...
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The cost of Venezuela’s collapse

Juan Nagel | September 11, 2015

Was the death of South American rock idol Gustavo Cerati yet another example of Venezuela’s interminable collapse?
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Corrupto-landia

Juan Nagel | July 30, 2015

Donald Trump was right on one thing: corruption in Mexico and Latin America is unbelievable. As the series of scandals from Chile to Brazil to Mexico have ...
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Looking into the Black Box of Venezuela’s Economy

Juan Nagel | July 17, 2015

Spotting evidence of the destruction that Venezuela’s politicians have inflicted on the economy isn’t terribly hard. In fact, you start to see it as soon ...
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Everybody loves infrastructure

Juan Nagel | June 15, 2015

Latin America invests about 2% of GDP on infrastructure. Between 1992 and 2011 China invested an average of 8.5% of GDP in infrastructure per year. Given ...
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How to engineer a Latin American miracle

Juan Nagel | May 13, 2015

The story of dashed hopes and sudden halts is a painful yet familiar one for all of us. As we lick our wounds and take stock of yet another lost ...
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