Double Digits Chronicles
Caracas Chronicles is ten years old today. Ten! Back when it all kicked off, you had to spell out that “blog” was short for “web log” each time...
He Who Shall Not Be Named Chronicles...
Once every great while, buried under the heaps of T&A, LaPatilla.com really does have an interesting tidbit. Witness… From Briceño Guerrero to this…oy vey…
Extrapolation Chronicles
Datanálisis says that Henrique Capriles leads Hugo Chávez in Miranda, the nation’s second most populous state, by 16 points. In the 2010 parliamentary elections, in which the opposition...
Savage Discourse Redux
Juan’s latest is as good an excuse as any to repost my partial translation of J.M. Briceño Guerrero’s 1979 screed El Discurso Salvaje. It’s not an easy read, and...
The challenge is the challenged
An excellent article from the Miami Herald’s Jim Wyss, on the enthusiasm of the Capriles campaign, including its challenges. The money quote: “But not everyone is under Capriles’...
Great moments in political animation
I can’t get over how cool this ad is. It reminds me of a post I wrote a few years ago, comparing Chavez to The Blob. I hope...
Money for nothing and your lights for free
There really should be a word for it: the systematic mismatch between the things that cause outrage in our public sphere and the ones that cripple our society’s...
Just 3.5% in kickbacks?! Man, those Navantia guys are tough...
What does it say about Venezuela that when I read this story about Spanish shipbuilder Navantia paying €42 million in kickbacks for the contract to build those eight...
A peek inside PGV
To my chronic frustration, we never get a proper chance to look inside Venezuelan prison walls. That’s why Ross Kemp’s Extreme World documentary on crime in Venezuela deserves such...
The "consultation" panacea
The Chavernment has announced that it will carry out a “National Consultation for a Safe Coexistance”, as part of its most recent security program. This will eventually translate...
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