Confessions of a Militant Heisigista
[Quico warns: I don’t usually allow this blog to stray too far from its core subject – Venezuelan politics – but every so often I do indulge one...
Francisco Toro
Quico Toro is the founder of Caracas Chronicles.
Tirofijo in The Hague
Quico says: I find the debate on FARC/ELN belligerence really very bizarre. Both the Colombian rebels and the Venezuelan government talk as though Belligerent Status were a kind...
Everything I need to know about diplomacy I learned from Jim Malone
Katy says: Given the recent spats between Colombia and Venezuela, one of the things that jumps out is the difference in style and tone between the two governments....
Chávez's Latest Fixation: What's he after?
Quico says: Poor Colombians. Their country has become the latest focus of Chávez’s boundless capacity to fixate. The guy doesn’t seem to talk about much else these days...
The permanent rape of Bolívar
Quico says: Even now, nine years into the Chávez era, it’s hard for me to know how to handle the surges of raw anger that well up inside...
The case for primaries
Katy says: A comment by fellow blogger Miguel regarding primaries got me thinking. Miguel was reminding me about the experience with Copei in 1993. Back then, Copei decided...
Party Pooper
Quico says: Dear Katy, I’ll start by noting what we agree on. There’s no doubt that there’s a psycho edge to a lot of the party whackery we...
Party time
Si mi muerte contribuye a que cesen los partidos y se consolide la unión, bajaré tranquilo al sepulcro. Simón Bolívar Katy says: I once knew a family who...
Rules of engagement
Katy says: A New Electoral Year has begun. The main focus right now on the minds of local politicos is – or should be! – the State and...
Reading the Magical State
Quico says: The Magical State, the 1997 monograph on Venezuelan petrocracy by University of Michigan anthropologist Fernando Coronil, is a magisterial, bone-headed, brilliant, infuriating, path breaking failure: a...
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