Sinopec Settles PDVSA's Cabilla Shaft
Just when you think PDVSA's penchant for criminal mischief can't get any more malignantly self-destructive, they go off and stiff the Chinese on a $43.5 million contract for re-bar.
Chávez is now an embarrassment...to Sean Penn!
Pity Sean Penn. (Not really). After years working to position himself as an avant-garde progressive by hitching his brand to Chávez's, his pet revolutionary starts unravelling all that work by standing by the mass-murdering Libyan regime.
It's not What You Know, it's What You've Documented
Today, Human Rights Watch is publishing an 85 page report documenting the full spectrum of human rights abuses committed to put down the protests of earlier this year.
Amarillita, Azulita y Rojita...
Venezuela cannot be made roja, rojita and remain fully Venezuela. The embrace of the tricolor in contrast to Chavez's dreary, unyielding red underlines a basic reality no amount of state power can overcome.
Psychopath autocrats of the world, unite!
Mindless radicalization, anyone?
How low can you go?
"Mal paga el diablo a quien bien le sirve". In 2004, over 2,400,000 Venezuelans who demanded Chávez to step down are put in the regime’s sights when the (in)famous lista Tascón is published. 2008: Tascón is being left aside from the government’s circles.
The less enlightening face of chavismo writes in...
“Think of it as an e-mail” is a common advice from editors to writers for a post that really sounds like Caracas Chronicles. This is the spirit of this whole thing: a conversation between friends that goes public.
Caracas Chronicles’ First Post Ever: A Look Back in Horror
I was asked to look back on the very first post ever on Caracas Chronicles. Much cringing followed. Here’s the email I would’ve shot back to myself if 2002-Quico submitted that text to me today.
Graciagiving, Fifteen Years On
Starting today, and for the next two weeks, we commemorate Caracas Chronicles’ 15th Anniversary by taking the moment to say ¡Gracias!
Default is So Yesterday: Worry about Acceleration
Ahora sí. PDVSA is in default. It's bad, and could be disastrous — especially if we reach the next step: Acceleration.
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