Democracy is a tombola
On paper, all Venezuelan electoral campaigns are funded through private donations, as the Constitution bans the use of public money for political parties. But the law is one...
Gustavo Hernández A.
Guaro journalist and CaracasChron veteran.
Ad War Update: "pre-campaña" edition
As Emiliana already told us, we’re not officially in campaign yet (it starts on April 2nd) but still the electioneering is in full swing as part of the pre-campaña....
It's a funny kind of anti-imperialism
Regardless of Nicolás Maduro’s rhetoric, the facts simply speak for themselves: We’re not just dependent on the U.S. as a market for the oil exports that pay for...
Jail House Night-Club, cont.
Looks like the El Rodeo I’s month-old nightclub won’t the only one up and running in the Venezuelan prison system. According to El Nacional’s crime reporter Thabata Molina,...
Assad and Maduro, still BFFs
In its last meeting, the UN Human Rights Council voted to extend the probe of the ongoing Syrian civil war until next year. The resolution was approved by...
Jail House Night-Club
Remember that nightclub in Tocorón Prison from last year? Well, it now has serious competition from a brand new place inside El Rodeo I in Guatire, just outside Caracas....
Venetur Hotels: where politics come first
Tourism Minister Alejandro Fleming ordered via Twitter that Venetur (State-owned company in charge of tourism services, including 14 hotels across the country) not to hire “…anyone who makes...
"Ley Seca" Chronicles (Updated)
The ten-day ban on selling alcoholic beverages, ordered (and later extended) by decree as part of the national mourning period caused economic losses for liquor stores and booze distributors....
When cement becomes a privilege
A friend of the family who works in construction tells me about the ordeal he has to go through lately to get a few bags of cement. “Sometimes,...
Miranda will have two governors
Remember the parallel governorships scheme, set up by the central government in Lara, Zulia and Caracas to re-route financial transfers to the regions through Chavista hands, bypassing elected...
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