Projection Chronicles
Chávez says: Demonize someone, demonize him and then you can justify anything. That’s the empire’s plan. They satanized everything, I remember Tabaré [Vásquez, president of Uruguay], when I...
Francisco Toro
Quico Toro is the founder of Caracas Chronicles.
Labor's love lost
Quico says: One abiding irony of leftist authoritarianism is the way the self-described vanguard of the working class cannot abide working class organizations it can’t control. Interior Minister...
The heat is on
Katy says: And the rhetorical about-face continues. I saw some recent polling data that shows that the only way the Constitutional reform could pass is if Chávez bundles...
Revolutionary Surplus Value
Quico says: So the Cuban government denies that it’s getting Venezuelan oil for free, noting that La Isla pays for most of its oil bill through the services...
To think CAP got impeached for misappropriating 250 million...bolivars!
Quico says: Here’s a galling number for you. In 2006, Venezuela sent Cuba oil shipments worth $3.4 billion. Cuba doesn’t seem to be actually paying for it, as...
Getting kidnapped: more trouble than it's worth
Quico says: Sometimes, amid all the high-fallutin’ talk about the rise of authoritarianism and the creeping onslaught on basic liberties, we lose sight of chavismo’s basic inability to...
"I'll take the gunbao chicken, some springrolls, and 32,000 b/d, please..."
Simón Boccanegra says: Some of the stuff that’s been going down recently borders on Caribbean surrealism. The story about the Chinese drilling rigs is pure farce. Readers may...
Sea of Felicity
BBC says: Cuban athletes have made a hurried departure from the Pan-American games in Brazil, apparently amid fears of possible mass defections. The delegation was rushed at short...
Rhetorical about-face
Katy says: As we eagerly await the unveiling of the Constitutional Reform that we will hopefully get a chance to vote on, it’s strange to see the government,...
RCTV The Sequel: Scarier than the original
Quico says: So, as most people know, having gotten kicked off the public air waves, oppo broadcaster RCTV made a Freddie Kruegeresque return to haunt the government’s dreams...
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