Loser boasts of taking from winner
Juan Cristóbal says: – This video, secretly taped, shows the loser in last year’s election for Caracas Metropolitan Mayor, chavista Aristóbulo Istúriz, explaining the raison d’etre and the...
Life
The view from your window: Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 2:30 PM. Send us the View from Your Window: caracaschronicles at fastmail dot fm, or nageljuan at gmail dot com. Please ensure the window frame...
The Huffington Post ...
Juan Cristóbal says: – … discusses harassment of gays and lesbians at the hands of Venezuelan government goons. Check it out – I wonder what Sean Penn thinks...
BCVSA and The Exchange Rate that Must Not Be Named
Quico says: Two and a half years ago, when Chávez announced PDVSA would start manufacturing shoes and selling beans and I wrote this snarky little post about the...
Reproduced Verbatim
The North Korean State (what other kind is there?) News Agency says: National Seminar on Juche Idea Held in Venezuela Pyongyang, November 1 (KCNA) — A national seminar...
What's happening in Táchira?
Juan Cristóbal says: – The border is closed. Two National Guardsmen were murdered. Nine Colombians were murdered last week. What’s going on? Is this related to the government’s...
The view from your window: Montreal
Montreal, QC, Canada. 31 October 2009, 5:00 pm. Send us the View from Your Window: caracaschronicles at fastmail dot fm, or nageljuan at gmail dot com. Please ensure...
Is Iberdrola scamming Venezuelan taxpayers?
Juan Cristóbal says: Why does it cost 39% more than average for a Spanish company to build a power plant in Cumaná than anywhere else in the world?...
Headline of the Year
Quico says: I dare you to click on this and not laugh. Go on, click. You laughed, didn’t you? Oh sure, a second later you caught yourself. You...
The Real Winner in Honduras
A longer version of this post appears on The New Republic’s blog, The Plank. Juan Cristóbal and Quico say: The Honduran tragicomedy that has consumed the hemisphere’s diplomats...
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