A rare moment of admission
It’s been easy to forget these last few days that all the “normal” problems of the country are still there just the same. Last week, for instance, Interior...
Gustavo Hernández A.
Guaro journalist and CaracasChron veteran.
Annals of socialist cell-phone making
Remember the vergatario cell phone? The model is still being produced (and upgraded) by Vtelca, a state-owned company created in association with the Chinese electronics maker ZTE. But...
I'll see you in health!
A fortnight ago, one major public hospital of Western Caracas (the Periférico de Coche) was close to shutting down. Doctors and patients staged a loud protest from both inside...
When violence reaches small towns
The city of Boconó, located in the Andean state of Trujillo has seen crime grow fast in the last twelve months. Local police admits that every weekend five...
Going "bachaquero" for groceries
Grocery shopping is becoming more and more of an ordeal for ordinary Venezuelans. But in Maracaibo, where getting sugar and corn flour means waiting hours under the sun,...
Excess baggage
Just when you think you have heard everything about the Venezuelan prison system, Ultimas Noticias nos trae esta perlita… A young woman was leaving Yare II Prison last...
Horseracing comes to a halt
The national horseracing workers’ union has declared an indefinite strike in response to what they consider is the sad state of their working conditions. All activities in the...
Margarita's "Torre de David"
The “Torre de David” highrise in Caracas got a lot of attention recently thanks in part to John Lee Anderson’s great article in the New Yorker, to the...
You say inefficiency, I say "media conspiracy"
Valencia’s open-air museum (one of two still functioning in Venezuela) has been left unattended by local authorities. Even if the current management did some work there three years...
A whole LOTTT of labor absenteeism
The case of ice cream maker EFE is not unique. Since the new Labor Law (LOTTT) was approved last year, labor absenteeism in Venezuela has increased alarmingly. A...
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