"Pico y Placa" Chronicles
Just four months before the 8-D local elections, the central government has suddenly discovered there’s total traffic chaos in Caracas and now wants to do something about it....
Gustavo Hernández A.
Guaro journalist and CaracasChron veteran.
Maduro's phony "war on corruption" ain't selling...
Nicolas Maduro’s pretext to seek Enabling Powers is his plan to declare a state of national emergency to engage his “war on corruption”. But public opinion is not...
What will the new Culture Law bring?
During yesterday’s infamous session at the National Assembly, Chavismo also approved the highly controversial Organic Culture Law. Rojo rojito culture has already done serious damage over the years,...
Meet your friendly neighborhood "colectivo"
Last week, 97 irregular armed groups in Caracas (known as colectivos – roughly, left-wing paramilitaries) announced they would surrender their weapons in order to join the government-sponsored Movement for...
Fait accompli (Updated)
As expected, the TSJ’s Constitutional Chamber has thrown out Henrique Capriles’s legal challenge to the 14-A presidential election. 24 hours earlier, Capriles had announced that he would not wait...
The military diversifies its portfolio
Defense Minister Adm. Carmen Meléndez announced yesterday the creation of new military enterprises, including a bank and companies dedicated to transport and agriculture. But the biggest news was...
I'll see you in health, cont.
While the government is busy pressuring private clinics by enforcing price conrtrols on their services and forcing them to register, the situation in our public hospitals remains dire....
Bronze medal in prison overcrowding
The Economist posted this chart today about prison overcrowding around the world. Only Haiti and the Philippines have a higher rate of overcrowding than Venezuela. Also, the country’s data...
Fruto Vivas and the Farruco doctrine
Well-known Venezuelan architect Fruto Vivas (seen in the photo) has been in the news lately: one of his most famous works, the former Venezuelan pavillion of the Expo...
What hath red culture wrought?
This article from the cultural magazine Arcadia gives us a glimpse of how the arts in Venezuela have been transformed in the times of the comandante eterno. For one...
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