Sobremesa chronicles
(For this week’s sobremesa, Rodrigo chimes in re. the “morality” of selling your dollar allowance) In Venezuela you get a yearly dollar allowance. If you use your allowance, nothing...
Economy
Muzzling a country
Covering the quagmire that Venezuela has become in a fair way has always been the main purpose of Caracas Chronicles. As bloggers we try to unveil to the world what’s...
Dissecting the queue
The BBC is developing something close to an obsession with our country’s queues. Following on the heels of Daniel Pardo’s sublime video diary on what it takes to purchase...
Land of confusion
“Venezuela is the only country in the world where street vendors sell you both a copy of the Transit Law … and a nice, cold beer.” Laureano Márquez’s...
Where's the beef?
There’s a huge shortage of meat across the land. Butchers are struggling to fill their inventories as national production has declined sharply and imports are taking longer to...
What's in your bag? -Cojones (UPDATED)
Much has been said about our newfound ability to tell which items are hidden inside a white supermarket bag. It has been etched into dozens of cartoons by almost all of our...
The neverending subway
The central government has some good news for the people of Valencia: At the end of this month, the first two stations of the subway’s Line 2 will...
A Hausmann-FRod debate
This happened a few days ago at Harvard University. It’s long but well worth your time. Enjoy! (HT: Alfredo)
#Odebrechting - an Easter egg in the Brazilian media
Dilma Rousseff, the current President of Brazil, is leading a crumbling government, what with her poll ratings in the tweens. It’s always fun to see a chavista ally eating...
Live-blogging "la cola"
It’s MY day. It’s not my birthday. And Saint Anne’s Feast Day is July 26th. It’s my day because, on Tuesdays, Venezuelans with ID numbers ending in 2 and...
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