Sobremesa Chronicles
Bitching about our country is sort of our national sport. We all partake, more or less. But you know where I draw the line? When people say that “oil is a...
Politics
Trigger Warning: Accountability in Progress
If you are a Venezuelan politician, the first order of business is a trigger warning: you may find what follows confusing and upsetting. In the last few hours,...
Inside the hegemony: Huge but hollow
For all the coverage that Caracas Chronicles has given to the State’s communicational hegemony all these years, two things are certain: First, it has grown so large that...
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From: Caracas Chronicles <[email protected]> To: Feijoo Colomine <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, May 6, 2015 at 9:10 PM Subject: Su interesante artículo en Aporrea Estimado Sr. Colomine Leí con interés...
You can't have a coup without coupsters
The Venezuelan government loves to talk about “coups.” Business people are engaged in an “economic coup.” Opposition politicians are planning an “electoral coup.” Journalists are continuous agents of...
Leamsy vs. Puzkas ...
… (and some of our questions) Here is the bodyguard, Leamsy Salazar, and his claims on what happened during Nicolás Maduro’s election in 2013, courtesy of Emili Blasco’s book:...
The Big Tease
In 2010, Venezuelans voted to elect a new parliament, the National Assembly. The date of the election was September 26, 2010. The Electoral Council (the CNE) announced the date...
Con Homeopatía No Resolvemos Nada
Estimada Vanessa, Leí con interés tu artículo en EfectoCocuyo sobre el alarmante crecimiento del uso de “tratamientos” (por decirlo de alguna manera) homeopáticos en el contexto de la...
Begging for cocoa
“Pidiendo cacao” – literally, begging for cocoa – is Venezuelan slang for “asking for a freebie.” You know who’s “begging for cocoa” in a literal, not figurative sense?...
Electric ills
After yesterday’s announcement that government working hours will be cut to save electricity, Nicolas Maduro tried to justify the measures in his weekly TV show by putting most...
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