The Surinamese friend
Dino Bouterse, son of Suriname’s President Dési Bouterse was detained last week in Panama and then extradited to the United States to face charges of drug-smuggling and possession...
Gustavo Hernández A.
Guaro journalist and CaracasChron veteran.
La hegemonía va por dentro
Almost a month ago, we had an unusual case of self-censorship inside the State Media System (SIBCI): the main TV channel VTV took off the air the late...
Magnicidio-o-meter
In case you missed it, the government announced earlier last week that they stopped another assassination plot against Nicolás Maduro, This one included two Colombian hitmen (now in custody)...
Visiting a public hospital? Bring your own hammock
The board of the Enrique Tejera Hospital in Valencia will now formally allow relatives of patients to bring hammocks, so they can sleep inside its premises at night....
Diversity of opinion = Losing cable access
Maracaibo’s Global TV was dropped from cable carriers last Sunday under an apparent order of the broadcasting authority CONATEL. Their crime? Being one of the few stations in...
Communicational hegemony, meet the regional papers
Maracaibo newspaper Versión Final has been facing difficult times: due to the lack of foreign currency, they ran out of newsprint and were forced to suspend operations for several...
The government's ombudsman
One of the new state institutions created in the 1999 Constitution was the figure of the People’s Ombudsman, in charge of defending citizens’ rights against the state. Fourteen...
Boondoggle Chronicles
Interior Minister Miguel Rodríguez Torres has revealed his latest plan to fight crime: Deploying a lot of security cameras. A lot. Thanks to a brand new deal with...
The fate of Lácteos Los Andes, cont.
Back in April, State-owned dairy Lácteos Los Andes was in pretty critical shape, according to its workers. Almost four months later, it got worse. Company-staff held a protest on...
Jesse Chacón's report card
Shortly after taking office as the new Electricity Minister, Jesse Chacón made a big pledge: he would resign from his post if his 100-day plan did not achieve...
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