Is César Miguel going soft?
As César Miguel Rondón announces he's going to interview fewer politicos from now on, we stop to wonder: in what kind of post-apocalyptic world are we living that CMR is bored of politics?!?
The Archbishop of Barquisimeto has had just about enough
In Lara State, the church is now openly at war with the government, as the yearly Divina Pastora procession turns even more political than it usually is.
Peak Venezuela
A bus-ride in Charallave crystallizes what we’d feared: 2017 will make 2016 look like child’s play.
Everything that Happened in 2016, Part 1
A deep, deep dive into Caracas Chronicles's archives last year. Man, so much happened!
Newsprint-geddon Comes to My Hometown
For years, I've been chronicling the slow demise of Venezuela's free media at the hands of an authoritarian state. This weekend, it happened to the paper I read with my café con leche.
Odebrecht's Corrupt Millions Paid for Chávez's Last Campaign
The next time a first world lefty starts ranting about how Chávez stood up to foreign meddling, remind him a crooked foreign contractor pretty much paid for his last campaign.
CAP 2 intentos - One President, two paths
Carlos Oteyza's new documentary dives deep into the two presidencies of the 4th republic's most relevant figure.
Venezuela's MERCOSUR Days are Numbered
As the trade block prepares to suspend Venezuela for failing to implement any of its accession obligations, the government doesn't even seem to care.
Venezuela silences conviction of the First Lady's drug-running nephews
As Venezuela's state media blacks out news that Cilia Flores's nephews were convicted on big time drug charges, we take a tour of Communicational Hegemony today.
El Comandante Makes it to the US Elections
Years after his passing, and thousands of miles from his home, El Comandante lives on... To our shame.
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