Time flies when you're being opressed
Katy says: It’s hard to fathom, but today marks the 9th anniversary of the Chávez Era. Nine years ago today Rafael Caldera (still alive!) bestowed the Presidential sash...
Francisco Toro
Quico Toro is the founder of Caracas Chronicles.
Department of Abiding Irony
Quico says: Technically, the Comptrollership Committee (Comisión de Contraloría) is the National Assembly’s key oversight body: parliament’s corruption watchdog. Turns out that, of the 80+ people who draw...
Les états unis n'ont pas eu lieu
Quico says: So there’s this kid, Amar Bakshi, who somehow managed to persuade the Washington Post to send him all over the place to find out “how the...
Misión Cadivi: The story that just keeps on giving...
Quico says: In yesterday’s FT, Benedict Mander took a stab at explaining the weird tangle of distortions exchange controls have created. Killer fact: According to Cadivi, from January...
Annals of Accomodation Artistry
Quico says: Don’t miss this eye-popping profile of Banco Occidental de Descuento head honcho and all around rancid oligarch Victor Vargas. It’s out today in what is probably...
Your vote or your life
Quico says: Just recently, Javier Marías wrote this thought-provokingly quasi-reactionary little screed in The New Republic presenting a “defense” of democracy startling for its frank avowal of its...
The slippery slope
Katy says: It’s always a challenge to write about Venezuela from abroad. Much of what happens in the country depends on moods: the mood of the government, the...
Opposition agrees on...
Katy says: Today the opposition to Chavez signed an agreement on 10 points for the future of the country. The 10 points they committed to are: 1. Rescuing...
Post-Referendum Blues
Quico says: How big a hit did Chávez’s popularity take after his referendum defeat last year? According to Datos, by the third week in December just 30% of...
AD/OD
Quico says: I’m on record complaining bitterly about the fragmentation of Venezuela’s opposition into more and more tiny and ineffective parties. But recently, I’ve been wondering how new...
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