The New Normal: Now Newspaper Editors Face Jail
With Correo del Caroní's editor facing four years in prison for publishing corruption allegations, the government is cracking down on media harder than ever
Life
Donald
Whatever may happen between now and November - and dear God let it not come to the worst - there's a whole set of questions that we Venezuelans will never have to strain to answer again.
The Roadmap, Part VII: Clarity on Gas Prices
Where Juan Cristobal dares to imagine a future where we tax the consumption of gasoline, instead of mindlessly subsidizing it.
"You name it, we can't treat it."
What's it like trying to run a clinic when prices have been frozen since 2013, and inflation's made everything seven times more expensive since? We talk to a clinic manager, and find out.
Caracas Chronicles is Hiring: Editorial Assistant
The tarantín is growing, and we need help. We’re looking for an enthusiastic Assistant Editor to help prepare texts for publication.
The curse, revisited
For the next Book Club, we'll take on Michael Ross’s “The Oil Curse: How Petroleum Wealth Shapes the Development of Nations.”
You might leave your blood in Venezuela…just not the way you planned.
An overdue promise to la Divina Pastora sends Quico's sister on an ill-starred, multi-hospital periplo around Barquisimeto.
Hugo Chávez, unplugged
Three years ago today, when the announcement came, I was stuck in traffic. It was an oddly fitting way to receive the news that were no longer new by then.
You say "to-may-to", I say "humanitarian crisis." Let's call the whole thing off...
In good Bolivarian fashion, my mom tried her hand at asymmetrical urban agriculture of the sixth generation. Not a bad hobby. As economic policy?! Please.
Why Always Bolívar?
The bolivarian myth has always been about securing the legitimacy of rulers who would be on thin ice without it.
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