Struggling to Breathe
by Alberto Barrera Tyszka, Gonzo translation by Francisco Toro “No shit-eating little bourgeois is going to come tell the majority of Venezuela’s youth what path our homeland should...
He had me at "¿A quién va a convencer Ud. encerrándose en su propia calle?"
Henrique Capriles’s speech at today’s march deserves to be listened to in full. The sheer relief of having somebody take charge and lead, damnit, was overwhelming for me....
Visualize May
Look, I know it’s easy to get caught up in the YouTube videos, easy to cheer on the unbelievably brave gochos. Facing down a budding military dictatorship is...
CaracasChronicles.comを日本語に翻訳しています
Key Caracas Chronicles stories about the recent crisis are now available in Japanese. Really. Thank you, Kanako!
Gocho Uprising Update
San Cristóbal, where the protest movement started, remains an extreme outlier in the current crisis, with many residential neighborhoods essentially out of the control of the government. Luis...
Why Venezuela is Entering a Dangerous New Phase
Here’s the thing to keep in mind about the escalating protests in Venezuela and, especially, the very heavy-handed repression they’re being met with: this never would’ve happened when...
Venezuela: The Game Changed Last Night
Listen and understand. The game changed in Venezuela last night. What had been a slow-motion unravelling that had stretched out over many years went kinetic all of a...
Let Facebook Know They're Collaborating With Venezuelan State Censorship
UPDATE: The block has been lifted… Disturbingly, my last post has been reported to Facebook as “Dangerous Content” and blocked from distribution. Please share the link on Facebook,...
The Game Changed in Venezuela Last Night - and the International Media Is Asleep At the Switch
FEBRUARY 20TH, 2014 Dear International Editor: Listen and understand. The game changed in Venezuela last night. What had been a slow-motion unravelling that had stretched out over many...
Spoiler Alert
Some time I picked to stop blogging about Venezuela, right? Yeesh! OK, so call this the first of a series of – hopefully rare – Ilan Chester-style guest...
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