When Quico met Arianna
Juan Cristobal says: – Let’s give a big shout-out to our very own Quico, who is now blogging about Venezuela in The Huffington Post’s new “World” section. Read...
Francisco Toro
Quico Toro is the founder of Caracas Chronicles.
Bits & pieces
Juan Cristobal says: – A few disjointed bits of information on the transfer of regional power from chavismo to opposition mayors and governors. – I’ve been talking to...
My oil minister went to Cairo, and all I got was a lousy Constitutional Amendment
Juan Cristobal says: – One has to wonder if the decision to recklessly plunge ahead with the Constitutional Amendment had anything to do with the disastrous emergency OPEC...
The Chávez Minority
Quico says: Here’s one to mull: What kind of person votes for a PSUV candidate for governor, but not on the PSUV ticket? It’s a question that’ll be...
Marta, my muse
“I don’t believe that democratic chavismo in any way agrees with these tactics, but the important thing is that they try to prevent such attacks.” -Marta Colomina, sounding...
"Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!"
Quico says: Yup, they’re definitely doing this…
Surprise, surprise: Chávez wants a mulligan on indefinite re-election
Quico says: Bring. It. On! Update: The more I think about it, the more I think Chávez is caught in a trap of his own making here. Again,...
The Leader of the Opposition
Quico says: You thought Chávez was a handful running the government? Just wait till you see him running the opposition.
The Urban-Rural Split in Numbers
Quico says: So I wanted to take a more systematic look at the Urban-Rural split in Sunday’s elections. Here’s what I did: Using data from the 2000 Census...
The Battle for City Hall
Quico says: A while ago, I identified 13 urban municipios the opposition should target in this year’s election. I picked out big urban municipios that fulfilled two conditions:...
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