Sobremesa chronicles
In the last few days, a document has been circulating. In it, sixty well-known Venezuelan economists (most of whom I appreciate and admire) make a list of urgent...
Maduro's stealth devaluation
It’s easy to be dispirited by Maduro’s address last night. The three-hour rant was only occasionally peppered with substantive announcements, and none of them were clear enough to...
Live-blogging Maduro's State-of-our-chaos address
Maduro gives his “State of the Union” address tonight. What is the state of our country? I think the video above speaks for itself. As we await the event,...
The humble mayor
“The street gives you strength. It pressures the other guy.” As he says this, David Smolansky is looking at me as if I’m an idiot. I’ve just asked...
The appeasers
Venezuela’s economic crisis is showing no signs of abating, and people are increasingly frustrated – and rightly so. In lieu of this, the opposition umbrella group, the MUD,...
Top ten reasons why Maduro is suspending his address tomorrow
Nicolás Maduro is already late giving his state-of-the-union address to the National Assembly. (Cliff notes version: the state of our union is the pits, but it’s all the...
Still searching for a narrative
The economic armaggedon Venezuela is undergoing gives the opposition a golden opportunity to break myths and lay the groundwork for the Venezuela of the future. Sadly, and barring a...
Sobremesa chronicles
(This week I am starting a new Caracas Chronicles column: the weekly Friday-afternoon-suggestion-for-a-controversial-conversation-topic-over-Sunday-lunch post. Many extended Venezuelan families get together around the lunch table on Sundays, and after the meal...
Deconstructing Capriles
(Apologies for the source of the above video, it was the only version available on YouTube) The bloggers of Caracas Chronicles held a cyber-conversation on today’s announcement by...
Sounds like a whisper
Remember 1991? Back then, you heard about signs of trouble from several quarters. One day it was an important intellectual such as Arturo Uslar Pietri warning about a coup, the...
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