Peace sells... but who's buying?
The word “peace” is in the air… more or less. Last weekend, the government did a series of events under the theme “Peace and Life”. It was pretty...
Gustavo Hernández A.
Guaro journalist and CaracasChron veteran.
Dude, where's my car battery?
A new criminal trend has appeared in recent weeks in Caracas and other cities: the theft of car batteries in plain sight. Many people are reporting that their...
Party in the C.P.A. (Tocorón Prison)
Remember the tale of Tokio discotheque, located inside Tocorón Prison in Aragua? Well, the prison night-club has returned to the headlines: an 18-year old girl died of a...
"El Impulso" will live on... for now
Hours before Nicolas Maduro announced the coming end of CADIVI, Barquisimeto’s main paper El Impulso made public that its request for currency to buy newsprint was finally approved,...
Will the real Plan de la Patria please stand up?
In the last two years, the document known as Plan de la Patria (Plan for the Fatherland) has become frequently used in Venezuelan politics, even if it’s quite...
Someone better call Guinness...
…because it looks like we have a new world record for the most State Vice-Ministries. Nicolas Maduro has decided to reform the government in more ways than one....
"El Impulso" is living on borrowed time
As reported months ago, Barquisimeto’s main newspaper El Impulso is facing a serious crisis. But even if it survived the earlier announced December deadline, the 110-year old paper...
The suckiest way to fly
In recent days, passengers of flights by Venezuelan air carrier RAVSA, better known as La Venezolana faced long delays. Really, really long delays. As other airlines started to...
Cadena-o-meter
In the last 15 years, the cadena nacional has become part of the daily programming in free-to-air radio and television. This year more so, what with the situation...
Amalia Sáez's golden parachute
When I did my 8-D post on my hometown of Barquisimeto, I called then Mayor Amalia Sáez “the worst in history”. Now, weeks after she has left office,...
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