The constitution as subversive pamphlet
Quico says: As Chávez orders the military to take over all the nation’s ports, I have to ask myself, where is the wiggle room in this? Artículo 164....
Life
Chávez: "As soon as I take power, I'm a'gonna shake things up around here!"
Quico says: Sunday’s Aló, Presidente brought one of those classic Chávez moments that leave me somewhere between utterly dumbfounded and grimly awe-struck at the sheer, galactic scale of...
Talk is cheap
Probably the most debilitating aspect of Venezuela’s political crisis is the conviction that there is no serious alternative to chavismo. As the government careens from one insane policy...
¿Dónde está el traductor?
Quico says: ONIDEX, Venezuela’s INS equivalent, has apparently decided there’s no need to wait for visitors to actually, y’know, land in the country before starting to appall them:...
The End of Whac-a-Mole as We Know It?
Quico says: You know the old fair game, right? You get a dorky little foam-padded club, and your job is to keep the moles down. When one pops...
The Looming Scrap for Petrodosh
Quico says: Here is a story that has been simmering for days and should probably be taken as a leading indicator, a canary in the proverbial coal mine....
Taxing our way out of traffic
Juan Cristobal says: – A few months ago I was talking to some people at one of Caracas’ municipalities about the problem of traffic in the city, one...
Master of the debate
Juan Cristobal says: – Chavez’s latest antics include setting up government luxury restaurants and expropriating areperas and doing away with the Bodies Exhibit. Bizarre policies, to be sure,...
Chez Commandant
Menu Dégustation lllll Appetizer CHEvre Chaud on Deep Red Ensalada Rusa Entrée Coop-Raised Chicken Kiev on an Iron Ricebowl Terrine of Cuban Picadillo à la Carnet de Rationement...
Launching the Caracas Chronicles Tech Advisory Panel
Quico says: First off, I need to take my hat off in googley-eyed, amazed, drooling adoration of you, the reader community. The response to my plea for support...
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