MUD Betrays Its Supporters
The interim agreement just reached at the Vatican-mediated dialogue is nothing short of a scandal.
All I need is a miracle...
The International Crisis Group commends us to a higher power.
What will President Trump mean for Venezuela?
So it's supposed to be my job to help you figure out what the Trump presidency [[[deep shudder]]] will mean for Venezuela. Except I can't do my job, because trying to predict how Donald Trump will behave in any give context is a lost cause.
President Trump
However much trouble we thought we were in, we're in way worse trouble than that.
A Different Kind of Hospital Exposé
A large hospital in Valencia gets the New Yorker treatment this week, at the start a long piece by William Finnegan that’s hard to do justice to with a...
1999-2001: The Chávez Years We Forgot To Remember
A Facebook post on Alejandro Velasco's wall sends me into a deep reverie, as I realize "wait, half the people who read Caracas Chronicles probably don't remember what the early Chávez years were like."
MUD Cannot Be This Stupid
The idea that MUD has just gone out and made a blunder as stupid as this mediation blunder looks strains all belief. There has to be an important part we're not seeing. But what?
Garry Kasparov's Guide to Venezuela's 2018 Election
In the New York Times, the former World Chess Champion walks us through what the 2018 election is going to look like if the regime gets away with the recallicide.
MUD and the Government Launch Vatican-mediated Negotiation
After an all-nighter at La Rinconada, the government and the opposition (minus VP) have set up a new negotiation track to work through the mess. In unrelated news, it's Halloween.
Peru Takes the Lead
Remember back when every former president in Latin America was against the Venezuelan regime and every current president on the fence? That's over.
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