Misión Cadivi: The story that just keeps on giving...
Quico says: In yesterday’s FT, Benedict Mander took a stab at explaining the weird tangle of distortions exchange controls have created. Killer fact: According to Cadivi, from January...
Life
Annals of Accomodation Artistry
Quico says: Don’t miss this eye-popping profile of Banco Occidental de Descuento head honcho and all around rancid oligarch Victor Vargas. It’s out today in what is probably...
Your vote or your life
Quico says: Just recently, Javier Marías wrote this thought-provokingly quasi-reactionary little screed in The New Republic presenting a “defense” of democracy startling for its frank avowal of its...
The slippery slope
Katy says: It’s always a challenge to write about Venezuela from abroad. Much of what happens in the country depends on moods: the mood of the government, the...
Opposition agrees on...
Katy says: Today the opposition to Chavez signed an agreement on 10 points for the future of the country. The 10 points they committed to are: 1. Rescuing...
Post-Referendum Blues
Quico says: How big a hit did Chávez’s popularity take after his referendum defeat last year? According to Datos, by the third week in December just 30% of...
AD/OD
Quico says: I’m on record complaining bitterly about the fragmentation of Venezuela’s opposition into more and more tiny and ineffective parties. But recently, I’ve been wondering how new...
Confessions of a Militant Heisigista
[Quico warns: I don’t usually allow this blog to stray too far from its core subject – Venezuelan politics – but every so often I do indulge one...
Tirofijo in The Hague
Quico says: I find the debate on FARC/ELN belligerence really very bizarre. Both the Colombian rebels and the Venezuelan government talk as though Belligerent Status were a kind...
Everything I need to know about diplomacy I learned from Jim Malone
Katy says: Given the recent spats between Colombia and Venezuela, one of the things that jumps out is the difference in style and tone between the two governments....
Caracas Chronicles is 100% reader-supported.
We’ve been able to hang on for 22 years in one of the craziest media landscapes in the world. We’ve seen different media outlets in Venezuela (and abroad) closing shop, something we’re looking to avoid at all costs. Your collaboration goes a long way in helping us weather the storm.
Donate