Venezuela's encripted devaluation
An obscure document was published yesterday by Venezuela’s Central Bank (BCV), allowing PDVSA to sell the dollars it makes via oil exports to the BCV for deposit into...
Scene stealer
The near-universal praise Chúo Torrealba has received upon accepting to be the Secretary General of the opposition’s umbrella coalition is well deserved. Torrealba brings many assets to the table...
Alone in a crowd
I continue to be entertained by Boris Muñoz’s candid interview with political prisoner Leopoldo López. Here are a few takeaways of what Leopoldo says in the second part: The...
An UN-eventful visit
When Hugo Chávez went to the UN, it used to be an event. The outlandish comandante garnered the world’s attention thanks to the deep pockets he had, and let’s...
Caged and restless
Last Saturday, Prodavinci published a meaty piece of journalism-slash-history: Part 1 of the first extended interview opposition leader Leopoldo López has given since he was jailed last February...
Mental, or just plain stupid?
I wonder about Nicolás Maduro sometimes. I mean, it’s easy to dismiss Maduro as insane. The latest from the man who talks to birds, who thinks Chávez was “innoculated”...
Twelve years on
Twelve years ago today, Quico published his first post on this blog, and Caracas Chronicles was born. It’s difficult to remember exactly what Venezuela was like on September...
Otra iniciativa de apoyo a Hausmann
(Nota: Incluye firmantes. Cuando promovimos la carta de solidaridad con Ricardo Hausmann, algunas personas nos sugirieron que el tono de la misma no era el más adecuado, y que limitaría...
Les fraudeurs
Yesterday we learned – via the increasingly indispensable Marianna Párraga – that PDVSA is selling the refinery it owns in the US Virgin Islands. This comes on the heels of the almost certain...
Solidarios con el Profesor Ricardo Hausmann
(Nota: Esta es la lista final de firmantes) Nosotros, académicos venezolanos o amigos de Venezuela, registramos nuestro rechazo tajante al ataque emitido por el Presidente Nicolás Maduro contra...
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