Everybody Already Knows Everything About the Anderson Case
Quico thinks: Oh, man, I should write something about the Anderson case. It’s getting really, really over the top, this one. I mean, sure, I know, everything else...
Francisco Toro
Quico Toro is the founder of Caracas Chronicles.
Confessions of a dangerous mind
Katy says: “Por allí se nos fueron miles de millones de dólares el año pasado (en compras de Internet), he ordenado ajustar al vicepresidente y que más nunca...
Newsweek's Credibility Tanks
Quico says: With sources like these, can you believe a word Newsweek says?
Right-hand Column overhaul
Quico says: In a fit of procrastination, I just checked, updated and re-organized the entire right-hand column. All the links have been checked and all of them work...
Six years on: Usón's April 11th
On my trip to Caracas, I picked up a copy of “Opinion Prisoner: General Usón Speaks”. It’s a book of interviews with former Finance Minister and jailbird Francisco...
Mark & Doug's excellent Venezuelan adventure
Katy says: “Exit poll results show major defeat for Chávez” Caracas Chronicles headline, August 17th, 2004, citing a press release from Penn, Schoen & Berland. The long anticipated...
Media Terrorism Chronicles...
Quico says: Turns out that Simpsons/Baywatch story has legs: …hey, 290 editors can’t all be wrong. Update: Wow. Homer vs. CJ made it onto the BBC News front...
What do you do when you don't have time to post original stuff?
You pimp your blog out to YouTube, of course! Today’s theme is crazy stuff we saw on TV in 1998:
Reality and Discourse
Weil says:I liked this image a lot in simply because it shines a spotlight on the key to understanding Venezuela’s current reality: the delirious, rampant mismatch between official...
The Economics of Quítate Tú Pa'Ponerme Yo
Quico says: Francisco Rodríguez has become something of a force of nature in the field of Chávez scholarship. While most of us bullshit at excruciating length, FR brings...
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