El Aissami Police Holds Summary Executions, Governor Blames Capitalism
This shaky footage, clearly the work of a trembling hand, is good enough to make out the basics: In broad daylight, in an alley behind some buildings, three...
Politics
Accountability, Jesse Chacón Style
Remember Jesse Chacón, Venezuela’s Electricity Czar? The guy’s useless at getting power flowing smoothly, of course, but you do have to give him credit for absolutely incredible, titanium-plated cojones....
VENZ/PDVSA: The Mixed Martial Arts of Bond Trading
The Indiana Jones-meets-Wolf of Wall Street reality that is dealing in Venezuelan debt instruments.
Baduel Paroled
General Raúl Baduel was granted parole yesterday after serving six years out of an eight year sentence on trumped up charges of embezzlement. Chávez’s one-time Defense Minister, and...
Another Return to Caracas Chronicle
Caught the red eye to Barcelona. Barcelona, Anzoátegui, that is. Blood-shot eyes. Mosquitoes big as helicopters, and the wait. That absurd time-bending wait while an immigration officer chats...
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About the War for Miranda's Second Circuit, But Were Afraid to Ask
Last Friday saw the end of a nasty and self-destructive struggle for supremacy within the opposition coalition for the right to nominate the candidate for the safest seat in the country. The outcome left Maria Corina Machado sidelined, divisions within the opposition more evident than ever, and a bitter taste for those of us supposed to vote for them come December.
Come for the crime, stay for the petting zoo
RunRun.es has a blockbuster piece on Tocorón Prison in Aragua State, quickly becoming the epicenter of #PranNation. Run by a business savvy “Pran” (prison gang leader) with a...
Another day, another party-jacking
It wouldn’t be an ordinary week in today’s Venezuela without the highest court in the land taking over a political party to appoint a pro-government clique to lead it. This week...
Time's Up, Minister Osorio
Remember this? The headline ran on June 7th in Ultimas Noticias. Major General Carlos Osorio, Minister for Food, pledged solemnly that the food availability crisis would have ended by…today....
MUD's Parting Gift to Juan: Bye-Bye COPEI
MUD has not exactly covered itself in glory these last few days, but they did get one thing right: the new, chavistified COPEI has been thrown right out of the...
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