Radio silence in Amazonas
This article from daily Tal Cual offers some details about the aftermath of the communicational hegemony’s recent offensive… deep down in Amazonas State. In the last month, CONATEL...
Gustavo Hernández A.
Guaro journalist and CaracasChron veteran.
Nightmare weekend at Vargas Hospital
The working staff at Hospital Vargas (one of the oldest in Caracas) went through hell this weekend after two armed colectivos took its premises by force on two consecutive...
Edgardo Parra's fall from grace
The incumbent Chavista mayor of Valencia, Edgardo Parra, was arrested last night by SEBIN agents for his possible involvement in a corruption case. Days ago, the office of a company...
Cesppa, Cesna: Both are the same, yet different...
How’s this for an Orwelian agency title? The Strategic Center for the Security and Protection of the Fatherland (CESPPA) , tha thas been just set up by decree...
The curious case of Mariana Rondón
Ten days ago, the Venezuelan film Pelo Malo (Bad Hair) won the Golden Shell, the highest prize of the prestigious San Sebastián International Film Festival. The small urban...
How is our internet doing? In one word, badly
The Venezuela chapter of the recent “Freedom on the Net” report (by the NGO Freedom House) offers a pretty good summary of how the quality of Internet here...
Malaria is back with a vengeance
Since we reported about it back in June, the return of malaria (a disease that Venezuela had erradicated) has now reached a historical high. The latest official numbers...
A Samán-onic decision
While the government is busy putting pressure on supermarkets and the media to “control” food shortages, what about those organized street vendors who sell scarce in the streets...
To control shortages, ignorance is bliss (Updated)
The government is pulling out all the stops to contain the wave of shortages, from importing our way out of this mess to militarizing supermarket check-outs. But Nicolás...
La hegemonía va por dentro, continued
Outside the realm of State media, there’s probably no better place to explore the state of grass-roots Chavismo than the alternative news and opinion website Aporrea. The site...
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