Eddy's 2016 Roundup
A stroll down the festering crack-den that was Venezuela in 2016, as seen through Caracas Chronicles. Courtesy of Eddy, who wishes you a Happy 2017.
Life
End-of-the-year Social Conflict Map Update
As 2016 comes to a close, we notice another significant spike in lootings and people taking justice into their own hands. Here is the gruesome balance of a year's worth of Maduro social and economic policy.
Pregnant Lady Diaries #3: Maternity Clothes
In the third installment of Anabella's journey through war-zone pregnancy, we discover that she has a penchant for hoarding and for Gun's an Roses. Who knew?
The Venezuelan military makes bank on food crisis
The AP uncovers the sordid tale of the world's largest bozal de arepa. (And no —alas, this is not a Día de los Inocentes prank.)
This is the saddest thing you will read this year.
What more proof is needed of the medievally sadist nature of the Venezuelan government?
The Dictator Who Stole Christmas
Raúl Stolk's piece for The Daily Beast. "He seizes toys to give them away in his own name, and prints so much money it’s worth nothing, then makes it disappear. The Grinch has nothing on Nicolás Maduro."
El Niño Jesús and other Unrealistic Fantasies
Parents and families keeping the magic alive in today's Venezuela. Thats the real Christmas miracle.
José Rafael Lovera y nuestra memoria histórica culinaria
En una entrevista concedida a Caracas Chronicles, pudimos conocer de cerca al guardián de la herencia culinaria venezolana.
Odebrecht's Corrupt Millions Paid for Chávez's Last Campaign
The next time a first world lefty starts ranting about how Chávez stood up to foreign meddling, remind him a crooked foreign contractor pretty much paid for his last campaign.
Pregnant Lady Diaries #2: Formula and diapers
In our ongoing series on the extreme sport that is being pregnant in Venezuela, Anabella discovers that Maracaibo is flooded with Turkish diapers and Instagram is an expectant mom's best friend.
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