The Shadow of Eligio Cedeño
Quico says: “Take Eligio Cedeño,” The Contact says, “to this day, I’ve never been able to figure out exactly how he fucked up.” We’re sitting in one of...
The view from your window: Stockholm
Stockholm, Sweden. 5:49 PM. Send us the View from Your Window: caracaschronicles at fastmail dot fm, or nageljuan at gmail dot com. Please ensure the window frame is...
Roy Chaderton: manipulative liar
Juan Cristóbal says: – These days, chavista diplomacy goes from one embarrassment to the next. On the heels of giving Lybian dictator and major headcase Muammar Gaddafi our...
Cadiva Chronicles
Juan Cristóbal says: The government’s multi-billion dollar subsidy to the upper-middle classes, in the form of artificially cheap dollars, is an ongoing focus of this blog. This twisted...
The view from your window: Harare
Harare, Zimbabwe. 8:30 AM. Send us the View from Your Window: caracaschronicles at fastmail dot fm, or nageljuan at gmail dot com. Please ensure the window frame is...
Tightening the noose
Juan Cristóbal says: When the government’s “Media Responsibility Law” forced all radio stations to allocate five and a half hours of broadcasting per day to programming made by...
Graduating Out of the Axis of Annoyance
Quico says: It’s tempting to dismiss Rodrigo Sanz’s revelation that Iran is collaborating with Venezuela in an effort to secure high grade Uranium in Santa Elena de Uairén...
The view from your window: Austin
Austin, Texas, USA. 7:45 AM. Send us the View from Your Window: caracaschronicles at fastmail dot fm, or nageljuan at gmail dot com. Please ensure the window frame...
Radioactive
Quico says: So, just one day after Presidents Obama, together with Nicolas Sarkozy and Gordon Brown, warned Iran that they’ve determined that “the size and configuration of this...
The Thicket
The fine landed like a bombshell in this well-appointed east-side building’s condo board. The government was fining them for BsF.60,000 – some $10,700 at the no-joke exchange rate...
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