The Feisbukisation of Protest
Quico says: Time was when strongmen could put a stranglehold on society’s capacity to organize itself against them just by setting up a censorship board and throwing a...
Francisco Toro
Quico Toro is the founder of Caracas Chronicles.
Maintaining Radio Silence
Quico says: I hadn’t wanted to mention it, but I guess this post blows my cover. I’m in Caracas again, working on a couple of projects. When I’m...
The View from Your Window: Greenwich
Greenwich, Connecticut – 3:01 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: Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, Argentina – 1:40 p.m. Send us the View from Your Window: caracaschronicles at fastmail dot fm Please ensure the window frame is visible, and tell us...
Richard Blanco's Death Sentence
Quico says: It’s hard to write something cheerful about Venezuela these days. The tenor, the saña, of the chavista onslaught on civil liberties is now so aggressive it’s...
The View from Your Window: Bogotá
Bogotá, Colombia – 11:58 a.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 Reason Cesar Pérez Vivas is Going to Jail
Quico says: Looking at this clip, it’s hard not to think of the old Superman comics where the Man of Steel (Sidorman?) got stuck in Bizarroworld – the...
The View from Your Window: La Uvita
La Uvita, Costa Rica – 12:03 Send us the View from Your Window: caracaschronicles at fastmail dot fm Please ensure the window frame is visible, and tell us...
The Face of Chavismo Today
Quico says: More than anything or anyone else in Venezuela today, it’s Luisa Ortega Díaz that scares me. There’s something spontaneous, heartfelt, deeply honest about the Prosecutor General’s...
The View from Your Window: Berlin
Berlin, Germany – 4:20 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...
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