When the inalienable is unviable
“We are unviable economically because our earnings no longer cover our costs. We can’t even raise [employee] salaries enough to compensate for inflation and devaluation. We are unviable...
Francisco Toro
Quico Toro is the founder of Caracas Chronicles.
Hear Quico Speak Italian (badly) On Rome's Eco Radio - Just Ended
Allora ragazzi, se siete a Roma mi potete sentire su 88.3 FM, o sentire sul online streaming qua. Starò insieme a una bravissima giornalista italiana, Clarissa Maracci. Sarà...
"Intención Obligada de Venta", or Orwellianismo Endógeno
Leopoldo Castillo – the flagship anchor for Globovisión, Venezuela’s last remaining critical TV station – has just confirmed rumors of Globovision being sold out of the Zuloaga family’s...
"Intención Obligada de Venta", or Orwellianismo Endógeno
Leopoldo Castillo – the flagship anchor for Globovisión, Venezuela’s last remaining critical TV station – has just confirmed rumors of Globovision being sold out of the Zuloaga family’s...
"Intención Obligada de Venta", or Orwellianismo Endógeno
Leopoldo Castillo – the flagship anchor for Globovisión, Venezuela’s last remaining critical TV station – has just confirmed rumors of Globovision being sold out of the Zuloaga family’s...
Radio Times on WHYY Philly
I spent an hour this morning across from George Ciccariello-Maher on Radio Times, a current affairs show from the NPR affiliate in Philadelphia, WHYY. It was easily the...
Monday is Review "Blogging the Revolution" Day
Why not take 10 minutes to write a review of Blogging the Revolution: Caracas Chronicles and the Hugo Chávez Era over on Amazon or at the iBookstore?
Juan Domingo Wolf-in-Cordero's Clothing?
Twitter is abuzz with rumors that the guy who’s just bought a controlling stake in the opposition news channel Globovision, an insurance magnate by the name of José Domingo Cordero,...
Chronicles of Lazy Journalism (or, Attn: @ReutersVzla )
Let us unpack this bit from Reuters‘ Simon Gardner and Terry Wade (with an assist from commenter Lucía.) “At one building in a wealthy corner of Caracas, people drank...
Los Tiempos de Bogotá son Perfectos
As you may have guessed, I have something of a complex about writing in Spanish. (I was only educated in Venezuela through the sixth grade, so I always...
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