Caracas Chronicles

Quico says: So, guess who is the first chicharrón to go public with enthusiastic support for Luisa Ortega Díaz’s fascist little aberration of a “Media Crimes Law”?

Diosdado Cabello, of course.

It figures. Because, come to think of it, every time I see reports like this one detailing the multiple, well documented corruption allegations facing Diosdado, and then realize that, instead of whiling away his afternoons in a prison the guy is still Infrastructure Minister, in charge of the Telecoms regulations, and, in effect, the second most powerful person in my country, I’m overwhelmed by a powerful “sensation of impunity”.

Turns out that, under the new law, writing something that makes me feel that way will land you in jail for two to four years…how very, very convenient!

Pardon me while I retch.