Climate change deception
Climate change… one of the most relevant issues of our time. It’s back front and center on the press headlines this week because of an extraordinary summit...
Life
Caged and restless
Last Saturday, Prodavinci published a meaty piece of journalism-slash-history: Part 1 of the first extended interview opposition leader Leopoldo López has given since he was jailed last February...
Mental, or just plain stupid?
I wonder about Nicolás Maduro sometimes. I mean, it’s easy to dismiss Maduro as insane. The latest from the man who talks to birds, who thinks Chávez was “innoculated”...
Twelve years on
Twelve years ago today, Quico published his first post on this blog, and Caracas Chronicles was born. It’s difficult to remember exactly what Venezuela was like on September...
"Ya Nos Vamos Pareciendo a África": Ojalá Edition
A little photo essay from the Shoprite supermarket on Entebbe Road in downtown Kampala, Uganda, this morning. As a term of abuse, “africanización” is doubly noxious: at once luxuriating...
El Universal fires cartoonist Rayma
Last night, HegemonCorp.-owned newspaper El Universal fired cartoonist Rayma Suprani. Why? Because of this… Her work was already being censored ever since the paper changed owners last July, but...
Otra iniciativa de apoyo a Hausmann
(Nota: Incluye firmantes. Cuando promovimos la carta de solidaridad con Ricardo Hausmann, algunas personas nos sugirieron que el tono de la misma no era el más adecuado, y que limitaría...
A matter of keeping your priorities straight
After tons of criticisms and complaints, CENCOEX – the replacement to currency distributor CADIVI – has finally received praise for doing things right on time. Was it for food supplies? For...
Solidarios con el Profesor Ricardo Hausmann
(Nota: Esta es la lista final de firmantes) Nosotros, académicos venezolanos o amigos de Venezuela, registramos nuestro rechazo tajante al ataque emitido por el Presidente Nicolás Maduro contra...
On the brink of Newsprint-geddon
Barquisimeto’s main newspaper El Impulso informed its readers via an editorial last week that they would be forced to stop publishing, because their reserves of newsprint were simply insufficient...
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