"Superbly reported."—Wall Street Journal
"Gallegos provides crucial background for the country's present situation, and also offers a solution for fixing the country's economy and helping it re-enter the global energy industry."—New York Times
“This briskly written book nicely explains how the oil curse has worked in Venezuela, especially in the Chavez era.”—Fareed Zakaria, CNN
“Crude Nation shows how what was once South America’s most stable, wealthy country swerved towards the abyss. A former economic journalist who lived in Caracas, . . . Gallegos blends analysis with reportage, including a picaresque road trip with a Che Guevara lookalike—to show how Maduro inherited a mess and made it worse.”—Rory Carroll, Guardian
"A fascinating analysis."—Foreign Affairs Latinoamérica
"[A] fine book."—Mac Margolis, Bloomberg View
"Crude Nation brilliantly paints the reality, and comprehensively expounds the extent and implications of Venezuela’s mishandling of precious and finite oil riches, and its unpropitious economic mismanagement."—Impeccable Business
"Gallegos' book provides an excellent summary of today's Venezuela, and a solid explanation of the historical trends that have produced the country's ongoing tragedy."—Jason Fargo, America's Quarterly
"Mr. Gallegos has a sharp eye for the dizzying grind of everyday coping in a western consumerist society reduced overnight into one of shortages, barter, and black markets. A government committed to the empowerment of the underprivileged now presides over a cascading economic contraction that has hurt all economic sectors."—Robert Goddard, Latin Americanist
"A deeply insightful book."—Washington Book Review