"Tchau, querida"
The image speaks volumes. Lawmakers looking to impeach Dilma Rousseff holding up signs saying “Tchau, querida” – a reference to the wiretapped conversation between Rousseff and Lula in...
Guilty
Some people have sympathy for Dilma Rousseff. After all, it would seem like she has not directly benefitted from the corruption stewing around her. But make no mistake about it - she deserves what's coming to her.
A Venezuelan guide to the Brazilian crisis
The process to impeach Dilma Rousseff is like a long, complicated Brazilian soap opera. We lay it all out for you, using our own political realities to help you relate to it.
Dilma-geddon
Today is a crucial day in the possible impeachment of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff. Caracas Chronicles will go full Brazilian with its coverage.
Book Club: A pox on our house
Michael Ross’s “The Oil Curse” is a sprightly visit to an old topic: how oil wealth damages countries. But while his overtly pessimistic outlook is justified, one has to wonder if he’s thinking of the right counterfactual.
Should we go for the jugular?
In his latest Sobremesa, Juan asks whether we should be focusing on solutions instead of problems when it comes to effective regime change in 2016, namely, getting rid of the current TSJ.
Napping Through the Climate Crisis
While the rest of the world gets serious about climate change, Venezuela's political class is asleep at the switch. At the very least, we need a plan.
The P Word
When is the opposition going to get over the taboo that surrounds the obvious need to privatize underperforming state-owned utilities?
The Roadmap, Part VII: Clarity on Gas Prices
Where Juan Cristobal dares to imagine a future where we tax the consumption of gasoline, instead of mindlessly subsidizing it.
The curse, revisited
For the next Book Club, we'll take on Michael Ross’s “The Oil Curse: How Petroleum Wealth Shapes the Development of Nations.”
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