The pain of Mr. R
I’ve known him since I was little, always cheery, always warm, and now he’s hiding a suffering greater than any of us can know.
Life
Venezuelan Mothers Die; Chavismo Blames History
As the crisis wears on, the risk of dying during childbirth is skyrocketing for Venezuelan women. A pro-government report just brought the facts to Maduro – along with an extra helping of excuses.
Don't Help: On the Food Crisis and the Irresponsible Media
Caritas Venezuela is doing serious work – and irresponsible journalists set it all back with false and alarmist headlines.
A Sign of Awareness
Some good news for a change...the Venezuelan opposition (not the MUD) has been awarded the prestigious Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.
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.
Humanized Childbirth: An Empty Promise
Chavismo’s Constituent Assembly recently decreed today as “Socialist Feminism Day,” a fancy name to make you ignore the real face of their feminism.
No Justice for Bert
Extrajudicial killings happen so often in Venezuela that nobody bats an eye at the figures, and all you need to be part of the statistic is one dose of bad luck.
It's Almagro vs. Ecarri, and it's not pretty
The OAS’ Secretary General just threw some shade at everyone regarding last Sunday’s elections, including MUD. Of course, for some in the opposition its business as usual.
The Dreamers: Meeting Mérida’s Rocket Scientists
It’s no joke, a small group of scientists is developing aerospace technology at Mérida’s Universidad de Los Andes. An odyssey? You have no idea...
World Premiere: In the Shadow of the Revolution
Former supporters of chavismo and longtime friends of Caracas Chronicles present their latest film project, which looks to dispel remaining myths about a benevolent leftist revolution through the eyes of the very people it claimed to champion.
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