The Heart of the Issue: Accountability Inside MUD
Lifetime tenure for opposition leaders has brought MUD to the edge of annihilation. Is that what it’s going to take to get a debate on accountability going?
The Dip As A Crime Scene
Was the collapse in PDVSA 2017 prices yesterday morning a result of investor jitters or market manipulation?
A-Day is Here [Updated]
By the end of the day, PDVSA has to pay $985,000,000 to holders of its 2020 bond. Is it time to panic yet? [Update: As of 7:47 a.m., Reuters says its sources say PDVSA is paying.]
Psychopath autocrats of the world, unite!
By 2005, Caracas Chronicles adopts a new style of posting and starts producing shorter, more frequent posts about news, specially those with potential to ignite conversation. This time, we see a reax piece on an undesirable visit with message enclosed in just … the title.
PSUV Steals Bolívar State Governor's Race
MUD presents crystal clear evidence that tallying fraud was used to steal the governorship of Bolívar State.
Explaining the Non-Fraud Fraud
Venezuelan elections are neither free nor fair, but they're what some would call competitive. That's a story even many Venezuelans can't wrap their minds around. I tried to explain it, in 800 words, to a foreign audience.
A Staggering Defeat
This isn’t going to be like July 30th, when evidence of fraud began to pile on almost from the moment the polls closed. This is going to be like April 2013, when the opposition signalled fraud but could never prove it.
Wait a minute
Hasty post. Retracted.
Introducing the Venezuela Energy Briefing
Figuring out Venezuela’s Energy Industry is not for the faint of heart. Today, we unveil a new report for those with a burning need to crack the PDVSA riddle.
Guisology 101: FinCEN Stares down the Beast
The Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network tries to explain criollo corruption in measured, bureaucratic English and produces an accidental work of guisero poetry.
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