Why is Venezuela relevant?
Since we are in the business of deciphering Venezuela to curious foreigners, I frequently ask myself why there is so much interest in our dysfunctional country. After all, Venezuela...
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International week at Caracas Chronicles
This week, I will be traveling to Halifax, Nova Scotia, to participate in the 2014 Halifax International Security Forum. I’m honored to have been invited, particularly considering the quality of...
"I'm a bachaquero"
(It was starting to get lonely being the only zuliano on the blog, so I did something about it. Meet Roberto Torres Luzardo, a talented journalist based in Maracaibo,...
El Picure strikes again
Earlier this week there was a shootout between two rival criminal bands in a farm located near Altagracia de Orituco (in central Guárico State), leaving eleven people dead....
A low point for our football
Last Sunday was a dark day for Venezuelan football: there were violent clashes between the fans of Portuguesa F.C. and C.D. Lara inside and outside the José Antonio Páez...
Judge Delcy
After so many years, few things chavistas throw our way make us do a double take. This one did: Delcy Rodríguez, Nicolás Maduro’s former minister of Communications, the über-chavista, radical sister...
A letter to a Venezuelan academic
Dear colleague, This is an uncomfortable letter to write. In the past few weeks we have come to the stark realization that our government is bankrupt. Not just...
لا يوجد مواد (= "no hay material" in Arabic)
Do yourself a favor and go read Kejal Vyas’s blog post about what happens when Saudi officialdom collides head on with Hugoslavic chaos. It’s wicked fun.
That was predictable...
All it takes is for Juan to declare a blog break for Reuters to come up with a major scoop. Hats off to Brian Ellsworth for flushing out...
A needed respite
It has been a while since we took some time off on the blog, and before it really starts to show, we might as well pause now. We will...
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