A fundamental unseriousness
If it had the slightest interest in such things, chavismo could build an honest, cogent, powerful case against international intervention in Libya. It could point out the thicket...
Francisco Toro
Quico Toro is the founder of Caracas Chronicles.
How not to write a poll question
Over on the Spanish side we tut-tut Alfredo Keller’s question-writing skills…but still go on to pick out some of his results.
I'll see your 16,000 murders and raise you a meeting in Germany
Over on CronicasDeCaracas.net, even the legendarily equanimous MoraimaG can’t help but blow her top at Chávez’s waste-of-protoplasm-as-tourism-minister Alejandro Fleming Cabrera.
Yucky Bedfellows Chronicles
Something is very wrong in the world when the international figure I most agree with on the Libyan crisis is…Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Giving up the search for the fifth leg on the cat
Over in Spanish, Raúl Aular explains why you should.
Aggravated Journalism
Lina Ron died following a Xanax overdose. The rumors that had been circulating to this effect were confirmed for CodigoVenezuela.com by a doctor on the scene. Imagine that: an...
Tahrir vs. Altamira
My new column for The New Republic – a personal meditation on the drama of Tahrir Square as seen from a Venezuelan exile’s perspective – is now up...
Oil Sky-Rockets, Venezuelan Bonds Plunge
It takes a minute or two to fully absorb this Bloomberg chart: It shows the correlation between oil prices and Venezuelan sovereign bond prices. Venezuela’s ability to pay...
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