Selling bonds, selling our future
Juan Cristóbal says: In what the government is hailing as a positive development, the Chávez administration has just “sold” $5 billion worth of bonds in order to ease...
Chávez numbers tank just when it matters the least
Quico says: Teodoro Petkoff spills the beans today on Chávez’s god-awful poll numbers these days. In the latest IVAD (Seijas) poll, Chávez gets whooped by two-to-one margins on...
The view from your window: Cabudare
Cabudare, Estado Lara, Venezuela. 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...
Only in Venezuela, part 58,271,943
Quico says: The thicket is everywhere: It seemed like a minor bureaucratic change at the time: in March 2008, the government led by president Hugo Chávez downgraded the...
The View from Your Window: Concón
Concón, Chile: 6:45 p.m. Send us the View from Your Window: caracaschronicles at fastmail dot fm, or nageljuan at gmail dot com. Please ensure the window frame is...
An Oppo Fit For Primaries
Quico says: Throughout the day yesterday, Juan and I had a sprawling big fight about his Primaries post, all revolving around the question: is there any way the...
The indefatigable push for primaries
Juan Cristóbal says: – As most of you know, I’ve become a strong supporter of holding opposition primaries. In my view, they would be good for our chances...
A hunger for change
Juan Cristóbal says: – There is one news item we have neglected and we really shouldn’t have: Venezuelan students and political prisoners held a massive, successful hunger strike...
Any union you want, so long as it's mine
Quico says: There is one thing we can be sure about ahead of today’s oil-sector union elections: chavismo is going to win. Of the ten slates on the...
The view from your window: Lilongwe
Lilongwe, Malawi. 5:48 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...
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