An illusion of harmony, but without the harmony
Few books have marked Venezuela’s public debate as much as “El caso Venezuela: una illusion de armonía.” It was published in the mid-1980s by a group of young...
Ad wars: #CongresoCiudadano edition
This is the first promotional video I see for the upcoming Congreso Ciudadano. Whatever your opinion on the initiative, this is no two-bit, one-person show. Lilian Tintori, Gaby...
Out of the closet
It must be frustrating to cover Venezuela for international news organizations. The country is crappy enough to make it burdensome to live there, but not nearly crappy enough...
What's so offensive about a #CongresoCiudadano?
Tomorrow will be the launch of a new initiative inside the opposition, a citizens’ convention called the “Congreso Ciudadano.” According to its promoters, the idea behind the congress is...
Fifteen years is nothing
I found this El Universal interview with chavista heavyweight Alí Rodríguez particularly galling. Rodríguez seems to have let his guard down, and we appreciate that, but in the process...
Habemus Landrieu-gate
OK, so it took a few days, but finally a major political news outlet in the US is following the scandal involving Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu and her close, intimate...
A politician's guide to the gas price increase
OK, opposition politicians, listen up. Here at Caracas Chronicles we enjoy beating up on you from time to time, but you might be surprised to learn that we don’t...
What's in Henrique Capriles' iPad that is so important?
This blistering play-by-play account of the inner workings of last week’s MUD meeting is mandatory reading (in Spanish, sorry). In it, practically all the main players in the...
One hundred years of oil
Yesterday marked the 100th anniversary of commercial oil production in Venezuela. On July 31st 1914, the Zumaque I oil well in Mene Grande, Zulia, became the country’s first oil...
Decepciones a la holandesa, por @dlansberg
(Apologies for the Spanish post. Hace unos días, la misteriosa plana mayor de El Universal le comunicó a varios de sus columnistas de opinión que ya no publicarían...
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