Cadivi dies, and so does the middle class
(Since Cadivi is gasping its final breaths surrounded by controversy and not a minute too soon, this guest post by Iesa professor Pedro Luis Rodríguez could not be better timed. Rodríguez...
Life
A Morning in Ramo Verde
I recently made the hike to Ramo Verde military prison in a futile exercise to get a delegation of foreign officials to verify the human rights conditions of political prisoners jailed inside. We didn't get in, but we got to meet some sheep and a great recommendation for good steak in Los Teques.
A clarification on the @CaracasChron account
Some of you may know that, aside from editing the blog, I also handle the CC Twitter account, @CaracasChron. Aside from that, I have my own personal account,...
Venezuela as a hot-button campaign issue... just not in Venezuela
On May 4th, Panama will go to the polls to elect a new president and all 71 members of its single-chamber National Assembly. While the electoral campaign there...
A rare judicial win for the opposition
Article 68 of the Venezuelan Constitution reads as follows: “Citizens have the right to demonstrate peacefully and without weapons, with no other requirements than those established in the law. The...
Venezuela: importing milk since the XVIIIth Century
One of the new textbooks being distributed in Venezuela’s schools makes the strange claim that Simón Bolívar was nursed … by a Cuban woman. Now, the story of Bolívar’s...
Fahrenheit 058
Over at Foreign Policy’s Transitions blog, I try and explain just why Venezuelan parents are incensed. The value added: In order to “promote participatory democracy,” the resolution states that all...
In search of lost empathy
(A guest post by friend-of-the-blog and sometimes-collaborator Moraima García) As a long-time reader of the blog, I have to confess I was more than a tad skeptic when Juan...
Massiel
We’ve been meaning to write about the sad case of Massiel Pacheco for a while, but … así estarán las cosas … things are so bad that the...
The notorious P.N.B.
Having the second highest homicide rate in the world is not an honor that any nation wants to carry on its shoulders, and the burden is particularly high for...
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