Ad War Update: The Last Chapter
Ninety six days after it launched, the official campaign is now over. Last night, the candidates made their final pitches to voters on the streets and on TV....
Gustavo Hernández A.
Guaro journalist and CaracasChron veteran.
Ad War Update: The Final Stretch
We’re now in the last days of the presidential campaign and both campaigns keep releasing ads to persuade voters. First, the latest from the Capriles’ camp: This one...
Chavismo now kinda hearts blackouts
The Chavernment has tried everything to spin the years-long problem of power outages around the country, from blaming the weather to denounce them as sabotage, and even pointing...
"Sensation of insecurity" Chronicles, cont'd.
Ramon Maldonado, third in the hierarchy of the Venezuelan Criminal Police (CICPC) and former head of its Anzoátegui delegation was the latest victim of crime in Caracas this...
Chavez's "47 percent" moment
The comandante presidente said the following during a rally in Maturin: “There can be some people could be unsatisfied with the failures of our government, that the streets...
Margarita Airport users can't get a break
The situation at the Santiago Mariño International Airport (which serves Margarita Island) has not improved after its recent change of management. In fact, some problems are getting worse since...
The BusCaracas will finally arrive...
The neverending story of BusCaracas, the chavista Bus Rapid Transit project that’s faced more crises over the year than a Telenovela heroine, may finally be coming to an...
Dirty campaign update, ctd.
The parallel dirty campaign against Henrique Capriles is doubling down on the “Paquetazo” narrative and goes into fear mongering territory, with some help of CG animations: Beside the...
Ad War Update, cont.
HCR’s latest one-minute spot offer some highlights of his “First 100 days’ plan”, focusing on the adjustment of the minimum wage and stopping the regaladera to other countries:...
One also-ran out, four still in the running
The first withdrawal of the upcoming presidential election is now official: Yoel Acosta Chirinos, one of the main conspirators in the 4-F military coup attempt of twenty years...
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