The blog is back!
Partly because I have a bit of time on my hands, partly because I just got a snazzy new net connection at home, but mostly because, erm…how to...
Francisco Toro
Quico Toro is the founder of Caracas Chronicles.
Getting technical on "forced disappearances"
Think Pinochet and Videla invented the “desaparición forzosa”? Think again. José Vicente Rangel wants us to believe that Rómulo Betancourt invented the “forced disappearance.” Not to get too...
The Hidden Middle Class
Picture a Venezuelan middle class family. What image comes into your head? If you’re like most people, you’re thinking of the Mavesa family. You know, the one in...
The Hidden Middle Class
Picture a Venezuelan middle class family. What image comes into your head? If you’re like most people, you’re thinking of the Mavesa family. You know, the one in...
The Killing Machine
by Alvaro Vargas Llosa From The New Republic Che Guevara, who did so much (or was it so little?) to destroy capitalism, is now a quintessential capitalist brand....
The Killing Machine
by Alvaro Vargas Llosa From The New Republic Che Guevara, who did so much (or was it so little?) to destroy capitalism, is now a quintessential capitalist brand....
Towards a critical theory of chavismo
or…Very early attempt to build an account of chavismo on the basis of J.M. Briceño Guerrero’s insights It is perhaps ironic that the most insightful book yet by...
Towards a critical theory of chavismo
or…Very early attempt to build an account of chavismo on the basis of J.M. Briceño Guerrero’s insights It is perhaps ironic that the most insightful book yet by...
The Savage Discourse
[These selected passages are translated from El Laberinto de los Tres Minotauros by J.M. Briceño Guerrero, available at the better Caracas bookstores.] The Labyrinth of the Three Minotaurs...
The Savage Discourse
[These selected passages are translated from El Laberinto de los Tres Minotauros by J.M. Briceño Guerrero, available at the better Caracas bookstores.] The Labyrinth of the Three Minotaurs...
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