Pico y Bonkers
Quico says: I’ve been trying to think up the right words to describe the Opera Buffa surrounding Miranda State Governor Henrique Capriles’s decision to trial the “Pico y...
Francisco Toro
Quico Toro is the founder of Caracas Chronicles.
Quico vs. Maisantabot
Quico says: Check out my Battle Royale with VIC (Britain’s VIO equivalent) chavista extraordinaire Redmond O’Neill on The Guardian’s Comment is Free section. The back-and-forth was…um, an odd...
4,000 No Show Jobs Under Juan Barreto
Quico says: It’s too bad this stunning article by Phil Gunson for the Miami Herald got buried in the week between Christmas and New Year. For one thing,...
Venezuela's Lost Decade
Quico says: As of today, Hugo Chávez has been president of Venezuela for exactly as long as Rafael Caldera was. Believe it, baby.
Hot Dato
Quico says: An impeccable source writes in to say that Datos is not planning to make its polling public this cycle. They are polling, however, and the results...
Poll Chart: Too Much Noise, Not Enough Signal
Quico says: You asked for it, you got it:Click to expand A few things to note: IVAD is more and more “the government pollster.” A month before the...
Stagflation's just another word for Catch-22
Quico says: One vital question that’s getting virtually no attention is what the correct policy response would be to the economic crisis likely to hit Venezuela later this...
PDVSA Maula
Quico says: This Dow Jones wire story, by-lined Raúl Gallegos, makes for compelling reading. The entire thing is really quite stunning, but if I had to pick just...
Huffo-ing and puffing
Quico says: The Parable of the Leaves is up on Huffo. Take a minute to write a comment over there, would you?
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