Quico Toro is the founder of Caracas Chronicles.
Quico says: A reliably AAA, gold-plated source chips in with a theory that’s just crazy enough to be plausible. Apparently, on VTV yesterday, Chávez launched into a lunatic...
Quico says: So Chávez’s announcement that, tomorrow, he will unveil a series of “economic measures” (socialistese for “paquete”, apparently) sent me scrambling back to this thread from last...
The 1999 Venezuelan Constitution, Article 13, says: Venezuelan geographic space is a Peace Zone. Foreign military bases, or installations that in some way have military purposes, shall not...
Quico says: As Chávez orders the military to take over all the nation’s ports, I have to ask myself, where is the wiggle room in this? Artículo 164....
Quico says: Sunday’s Aló, Presidente brought one of those classic Chávez moments that leave me somewhere between utterly dumbfounded and grimly awe-struck at the sheer, galactic scale of...
Probably the most debilitating aspect of Venezuela’s political crisis is the conviction that there is no serious alternative to chavismo. As the government careens from one insane policy...
Quico says: ONIDEX, Venezuela’s INS equivalent, has apparently decided there’s no need to wait for visitors to actually, y’know, land in the country before starting to appall them:...
Quico says: You know the old fair game, right? You get a dorky little foam-padded club, and your job is to keep the moles down. When one pops...
Quico says: Here is a story that has been simmering for days and should probably be taken as a leading indicator, a canary in the proverbial coal mine....
Menu Dégustation lllll Appetizer CHEvre Chaud on Deep Red Ensalada Rusa Entrée Coop-Raised Chicken Kiev on an Iron Ricebowl Terrine of Cuban Picadillo à la Carnet de Rationement...
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