Grand Theft Opinion
Quico says: So I wrote up a thing on the Honduran mess over at The New Republic’s mass blog, The Plank. A taste: If anything, the hemisphere’s unanimous,...
Francisco Toro
Quico Toro is the founder of Caracas Chronicles.
The Trouble with Mass Expropriations...
Quico says: …is that, these days, the world just isn’t set up for that way of doing things. Take the Eastern Shore of Lake Maracaibo oil service company...
Bugbear to All
Quico says: It’s remarkable to realize how much of the political life of Venezuela these days is about Globovision: an influence entirely out of proportion to the station’s...
¿Qué pasaría en Venezuela si no existiera El Chigüire Bipolar?
Quico says: “Indispensable” is one of those words that gets thrown around a lot. But this story demonstrates why El Chigüire Bipolar has become genuinely indispensable in Venezuela....
The Exporter
“Así estarán las vainas que when we manage to get the National Guard to show up at our factory, we celebrate,” The Exporter says, savoring how counter-intuitive his...
Gone To The Dogs
Quico says: The sun was setting by the time he got to the farm gate, so it wasn’t immediately evident to Kenneth that the guys loitering there were...
Thanks!
…to everyone who came last night. You reminded me of why this blog’s biggest asset is its readers. And if you missed it, well…what happens in 360, stays...
Labor's Love Lost
Quico says: My trip here’s been extremely hectic, so I apologize for the sparse posting. Every day, I seem to add one or two topics to my list...
Chavista Hopes Die Hard
Quico says: Last year, these posters blatantly politicizing Venezuela’s olympic team made a bit of a splash in the opposition media – especially after the government’s brazen stunt...
The Pundit
Quico says: The Pundit feels at home here. We’re in one of the restaurants he promotes on his show. The waiters greet him by name. He sits down...
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