The View from Your Window: Paris
Paris, France. Send us the View from Your Window: caracaschronicles at fastmail dot fm, or nageljuan at gmail dot com. Please ensure the window frame is visible, and...
Francisco Toro
Quico Toro is the founder of Caracas Chronicles.
He can run run, but he can't hide...
Quico says: So we’re all supposed to be sad now that oppo radio-broadcaster Onda la Superestación has canceled Nelson Bocaranda’s long-running political gossip show, “Los Runrunes de Nelson...
Contempt of Vote
Quico says: If the Chávez regime retains some patina of legitimacy in international circles beyond the know-nothing lefty fringe, that sense arises almost exclusively from one source: its...
Of drunks, fights and empty bottles
Quico says: I’ve been in a bit of a funk, lately. What can I say? Caracas got me down this time. There’s something about life in this incredibly...
Saved by the Gong
Quico says: This one is straight from the Annals of News Whose Relevance To Us is Downright Depressing. TNR, in an article about the weird confluence of interests...
Elite Permutations
Fly into Venezuela and you come face-to-face with it literally as soon as you enter the country. No, not the giant posters of Chávez you see in Maiquetía’s baggage...
The View from Your Window: Quito
Quito, Ecuador – 4:16 p.m. Send us the View from Your Window: caracaschronicles at fastmail dot fm Please ensure the window frame is visible, and tell us the...
The View from Your Window: PEI
Prince Edward Island, Canada – 10:00 a.m. Send us the View from Your Window: caracaschronicles at fastmail dot fm Please ensure the window frame is visible, and tell...
Occam's Razor and the Opposition to LOE
Quico says: The Education Ministry’s byzantine conspiracy theories about the real reasons the opposition is upset at the new Framework Law on Education would be easier to swallow...
The View from Your Window: New York
New York, NY – 5:28 p.m. Send us the View from Your Window: caracaschronicles at fastmail dot fm Please ensure the window frame is visible, and tell us...
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