Making a buck, the North Korean Way
The current New York Times Magazine carries this stunning feature on North Korea’s super-sophisticated operation to counterfeit US dollars: According to defector accounts, Kim Jong Il endorsed counterfeiting...
Life
Like Caracas Chronicles, only funny...
In his inimitable style, Harry Hutton nails a point I’ve been trying to make for a long time. It’s just that when he does it, you laugh…
Like Caracas Chronicles, only funny...
In his inimitable style, Harry Hutton nails a point I’ve been trying to make for a long time. It’s just that when he does it, you laugh…
The Paleopopulist Approach
Zulia Governor Manuel Rosales finally had a proper presidential campaign launch yesterday, giving a good old fashioned, nasal-toned populist speech to a crowd of fawning supporters at the...
The Paleopopulist Approach
Zulia Governor Manuel Rosales finally had a proper presidential campaign launch yesterday, giving a good old fashioned, nasal-toned populist speech to a crowd of fawning supporters at the...
Hugo's Axis of Evil 2006 World Tour: Dreamin' of Pyongyang and Propagandizin' of Beirut
Turns out Hugo Chávez still wants to go to North Korea, but Pyongyang seems to be playing hard to get. Could Kim Jong Il bear to sit around...
Hugo's Axis of Evil 2006 World Tour: Dreamin' of Pyongyang and Propagandizin' of Beirut
Turns out Hugo Chávez still wants to go to North Korea, but Pyongyang seems to be playing hard to get. Could Kim Jong Il bear to sit around...
The Montonera of the 21st Century
It’s a point GP keeps making in my comments section, and it’s a good one: for most Chavez supporters abroad, Venezuela didn’t exist before 1998. Brought into their...
The Montonera of the 21st Century
It’s a point GP keeps making in my comments section, and it’s a good one: for most Chavez supporters abroad, Venezuela didn’t exist before 1998. Brought into their...
Reporting the Bolibourgeoisie
The Miami Herald’s Steven Dudley adds one more article to a fast growing subgenre of journalism about the Chavez era: The Bolibourgeoisie Color Piece. I think this one...
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