Caracas Chronicles
Donate Menu

Caracas Chronicles

Caracas Chronicles
  • Politics
  • Life
  • Economy
  • Political Risk
  • About Us
Donate Menu
Caracas Chronicles
  • Politics
  • Life
  • Economy
  • Political Risk
  • About Us

Follow Us

Life

Say wha?

Katy says: Notes from the nonsensical revolution: – Interior Minister Pedro Carreño says, in a press conference for the ages, that people have a right to protest but...

Francisco Toro May 31, 2007

Life

More from Reporters Without Borders

RSF says: Unfortunately, there is no longer any doubt about Chávez’s goals: RCTV’s closure was just the prelude to the progressive disappearance of all the opposition press. Media...

Francisco Toro May 31, 2007

Life

My grandfather's ankle

My earliest political memory is of my grandfather’s ankle. I couldn’t have been more than 5 or 6. I was playing on the floor in front of him,...

Francisco Toro May 31, 2007

Life

The pot calling the kettle blackout

Quico says: Noticiero Digital’s editor, Roger Santodomingo, strikes me as an uncommonly lucid observer of our political reality. I took the trouble to translate part of his latest...

Francisco Toro May 31, 2007

Life

This is the logo for the cause

Katy says: Or at least the first I’ve seen.

Francisco Toro May 30, 2007

Life

1,241 editors can't all be wrong...

Quico says: According to Google News, wire service stories about the protests in Venezuela this week have been picked up by 1,241 publications around the world. And that’s...

Francisco Toro May 30, 2007

Life

Fuenteovejuna, señor.

Katy says: Our old friend Pepe sends us this link from Noticiero Digital. Three hundred students from Central University in Caracas have decided to turn themselves in to...

Francisco Toro May 30, 2007

Life

As usual...

Quico says: The best piece on RCTV’s closure in the English language press is in The Economist.

Francisco Toro May 30, 2007

Life

Katy thought...

Quico says: …it would be good to turn comments back on for a few days so those of you in Venezuela can write in about what’s happening on...

Francisco Toro May 30, 2007

Life

TVES, worker and parasite...

Quico says: A taste of TVES, the new State run Channel 2, from my inbox… So I woke up this morning after last night’s sob-fest at RCTV to...

Francisco Toro May 30, 2007

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • >

Caracas Chronicles is 100% reader-supported.

We’ve been able to hang on for 22 years in one of the craziest media landscapes in the world. We’ve seen different media outlets in Venezuela (and abroad) closing shop, something we’re looking to avoid at all costs. Your collaboration goes a long way in helping us weather the storm.

  Donate

Caracas Chronicles

Caracas Chronicles
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Life
  • Consulting
  • Donate
  • Cinco8
  • Store
  • About Us

The Weekly Arepa

Get it fresh in your inbox every friday

  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • Contact Us

© 2025 Caracas Chronicles ­ All Rights Reserved.

Privacy Policy, Caracas Chronicles 2025.