Misery Porn as Clickbait
The craziest damn thing has started happening to the stuff I write about Venezuela abroad...people are clicking on it.
Life
From the Archive: Living Out Your Own Counterfactual
I wrote this post in September 2013, before I'd really met Moisés Naím, let alone started writing with him. The price of oil was at $111, and the term "economic degeneracy" already described our situation. It's only gotten more relevant in the three years since.
Venezuela Falls Apart: A Global Dispatches Podcast
"Why hadn't Venezuela collapsed sooner?". Our own Francisco Toro is interviewed by Mark Goldberg at Global Dispatches Podcast.
12 Reasons why Caracas is the next Hipster heaven
To celebrate Chigüire Bipolar's 8 years of satire and peos psicológicos we decided to make their dreams come true: a column in Caracas Chronicles.
Guayaba con Papelón
A heartbreaking everyday story. Translated by Javier Liendo.
Finding the Positive in Bridgestone's Retreat (Updated)
Every day brings a new dose of terrible for Venezuela’s corporate sector. One day we find out there is no sugar for Coca-Cola. Another day we learn that...
The Mexican Standoff
Raul prompts the readers of the Daily Beast to comtemplate the Mexican standoff that is Venezuelan politics. It is the main reason why Maduro can't do anything.
Introducing the Caracas Chronicles Political Risk Report
Once a week, we cut through the news noise to bring you a report that's puro lomito: not the news, but what the news means for Venezuela's political crisis.
Beauty Parlor Confessions
A visit to the Salon has always been a joy ride; laughter and hairspray always filled the air. Last time was different, as parlor talk got real.
Too Toxic for Pablo Iglesias?
Even Pablo Iglesias, whose political party, Podemos, appears to have risen out of irrelevance on the back of chavista payments, is backing away from Maduro. That tells you something, doesn't it?
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