Q-atharsis
Quico says: In case you haven’t noticed, I have been struggling with writer’s block for months. Ever since I came back from Venezuela and witnessed the deterioration in...
Francisco Toro
Quico Toro is the founder of Caracas Chronicles.
Chávez's achievement
Quico says: It’s a question people seem to ask me a lot outside Venezuela, and it came up again the other night, in a conversation with an old...
Alleged news agency allegedly strips the word "alleged" of any meaning whatsoever, sources allege
Quico says: I almost choked on my breakfast burrito this morning when I read Ian James’s write-up for the AP of Chávez’s lunatic little dithyramb to Carlos the...
Fernandez Barrueco Busted...but why?
Quico says: On the day after Bolibourgeois operator extraordinaire Ricardo Fernández Barrueco got shuffled off to a prison cell at Disip – Venezuela’s secret police – the questions...
Caracas Chronicles 2.0: Help us Test the Beta
Quico says: So the new software for Caracas Chronicles 2.0, including its custom-coded, state-of-the-art Community Powered Comments system, is now in testing. And we’re looking for volunteers to...
The Collected Wit and Wisdom of Nelson Merentes
Quico says: One day after Venezuela officially went into recession with a harsh 4.5% decline in 3rd quarter GDP amid alarming signs of stagflation, let us pause to...
Chavismo's Crazy New PR Strategy: Telling the Truth
Quico says: OK, people, we’re through the looking glass here. Just when we thought chavismo had exhausted all the rhetorical curve-balls it could possibly throw at us, they...
Chávez shoots at an open goal, scores
Quico says: Noting that “sovereignty” starts from the bottom up, Chávez today challenged the opposition to follow PSUV’s lead and hold internal elections for important party posts. For...
Villa del Tukiti
Quico says: Don’t miss Mac Margolis’s epic mauling of Villa del Cine, Hugo’s vanity movie studio, in the current issue Newsweek. To wit: Just inside the studio gates,...
The Universal Yawn
Quico says: The really remarkable thing about the reaction to Chávez’s latest obscene little warriorist hissy fit against Colombia is the sheer universality of the disinterest it elicited....
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