An Open Letter to Consultores 21
Estimados Consultores 21, I read your communiqué published yesterday with some confusion, and the distinct sense that you really haven’t grasped the full magnitude of the damage last Sunday...
Francisco Toro
Quico Toro is the founder of Caracas Chronicles.
Lo bueno que tiene es lo malo que tiene
Clive Crook is right, “elected autocrat” really is a confusing category. But Crook does not go far enough. The issue isn’t that Chávez gets elected despite being an...
Caracas Chronicles Summit in Guaroristan
Finally had a chance to meet Gustavo Hernández Acevedo, our Barquisimeto Bureau Chief, in person. We went off on a bit of an appliance bargain hunt, looking for...
Capriles pa'rato
Henrique Capriles’s pugnacio-conciliatory press conference tonight (it’s not easy to characterize his position) had one central message – the opposition still has one specific leader, his name rhymes...
OSGuido raises snark to an art form
On the occassion of the agüevoneated right’s anti-“fraud” protests in Altamira last night, longtime reader OSGuido lets it rip. Now this is what PanfletoNegro was invented for: Gracias...
Petrochequera mata galán
Over on the IHT, I process my despecho and get down to brass tacks in my Monday morning quaterbacking. It wasn’t the REP. It wasn’t the lop-sided media access....
For Once, N24 Captures Exactly How I Feel
Of the despecho posts I’ve seen, I like this one the best so far. No sé que haré en los próximos días, decidiré en mi fuero personal, hacia...
On the bright side
Now Chávez is going to swallow his own paquetazo. Here’s how I put it back in July…
Hay un camino, just not tonight
We don’t have super specific data, but multiple sources now suggest Chávez almost certainly won . El futuro es largo. The opposition has made huge leaps. But tonight is not...
Armando Briquet Live from Capriles Campaign HQ
8:09 – Briquet looked happy, but carómetros are inherently unreliable. I still don’t have any kind of firm number to share, and the rumors going around strike me...
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