Tracking Broken Promises
So, as we move towards Friday’s big flashy launch of Chávez’s pet Organization of American but Not North American States, I keep thinking someone, somewhere should be keeping a...
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Grand Theft Party
In the era of chavista social lunacy and decay, there’s always one more depth left to plumb. Today, we find out that the Supreme Tribunal is aiding and...
Thugs and their Thuggish Thug Things
Probably one of the more difficult things about my job is communicating to a First World audience that unmistakable taste of sheer thuggishness the Chávez government leaves in...
Brilliant - UPDATED
Update: Turns out some of da kidz who made the video read this blog! Check out their rationale for it.
The tyranny of the deadline
Dang it, I’m on deadline today so I really don’t have the time to give full flight to the furious, disgusted, downright marialejandralopezesque rant I have brewing inside...
Toxic Arria
Miss the good old days of never-ending, hyper-emotive, hyper-polarized political conflict narrowly focused on the figure of Hugo Chávez and ignoring the actual needs of Venezuelan people? Do...
Fake Pollster Chronicles: HEY! This one's on our side! (UPDATED)
So we know readers come to Caracas Chronicles looking for the finest in Fake Pollster news so, today, we have a special treat: apparently some guys on our...
Good News/Bad News
The Good News: HCR does know how to smile. The Bad News: He can only do it in still photographs.
What CCTs can't do
In The New Republic, Jonathan Cohn launches a fascinating discussion of (very) early childhood intervention with wide repercussions for policy-making in Venezuela (and everywhere else.) Read it.
What happened last night
So all the buzz after last night’s debate went to María Corina Machado and Diego Arria, candidates who, paradoxically, are trailing way behind in the polls. It’s no...
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