Joaquín Crespo is missing
The family mausoleum of 19th century General and President Joaquín Crespo (1841-1898), located in Caracas’s main public cemetery (Cementerio General del Sur) has been found empty. The remains...
Gustavo Hernández A.
Guaro journalist and CaracasChron veteran.
Lukoil learns the hard way
Andrei Kuzyayev, an executive of Russian oil giant Lukoil, told Reuters last week that Venezuela could boost its oil production in the next few years, but to do so...
"Aló Presidente" Forever
The final edition of Aló Presidente was broadcasted on January 29th, 2012, and the iconic weekly TV show, once described as The Realest Reality TV Show in the...
Just another BRICS in the wall
Nicolas Maduro asked the new South African Ambassador to ensure Venezuela “participates somehow in this interesting construction of the BRICS”. Even if some of its members are now...
The Cosa Nostrification of Construction Workers' Unions
José Torres, head of the Valencia Subway workers’ union (seen on the photograph) died yesterday of his injuries after been shot outside of his house two weeks ago....
Guess who's also running?, cont. (Updated)
As you know, I have an obsession with no-hoper candidates in Venezuelan politics, and a slew of them have registered for the April 14th vote. One of them is...
G.M.V.V. Chronicles, cont.
For the residents of a couple of recently-opened housing development in Caracas, their brand new homes are no longer bringing them joy, but really big headaches. One, in...
Guess who's also running?
Maria Bolívar made public on her Twitter account that she’s running again for President and she will register on Monday in the CNE. This would be her third straight...
Liveblogging HCR's Campaign Launch (Updated)
El año pasado habia un camino… parece que ahora habra una lucha por el pais. Henrique Capriles just gave one of the ballsiest, most effective political speeches any...
El sabotaje va por dentro
The rolling power blackouts that have spread around the country have gotten worse in recent days, to the point that even weekends are no longer safe. In my...
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