Hang in there, TalCual!
After 15 years, Caracas newspaper TalCual will stop publishing its daily edition on February 27th. In a written statement, the paper confirmed the bad news (leaked earlier by...
Politics
Who was Leamsy Salazar? Hugo Chávez's Pride and Joy
How close was Leamsy Salazar to President Chávez? Well, why don’t we let the eternal commander himself answer that question, in this Aló, Presidente clip from just after...
The tale of the lonely airport
Back in March 2014, Vice-President Jorge Arreaza formally re-opened the Bartolome Salom Airport in Puerto Cabello, after spending ten years closed. With almost a year or remodelling works...
The Bodyguard
On Monday afternoon, rumors started building on a story that would headline the Spanish newspaper, ABC, on Tuesday: “Security Chief of Chavista number 2 flees to the US...
Ration Card Now
Estimado Nicolás, No te preocupes, no te voy a ladillar más con la cantaleta de siempre: que si que hay que unificar el tipo de cambio, que si...
Sobremesa chronicles
In the last few days, a document has been circulating. In it, sixty well-known Venezuelan economists (most of whom I appreciate and admire) make a list of urgent...
Top ten reasons why Maduro is suspending his address tomorrow
Nicolás Maduro is already late giving his state-of-the-union address to the National Assembly. (Cliff notes version: the state of our union is the pits, but it’s all the...
Still searching for a narrative
The economic armaggedon Venezuela is undergoing gives the opposition a golden opportunity to break myths and lay the groundwork for the Venezuela of the future. Sadly, and barring a...
Deconstructing Capriles
(Apologies for the source of the above video, it was the only version available on YouTube) The bloggers of Caracas Chronicles held a cyber-conversation on today’s announcement by...
What is the state for?
The Venezuelan government headed East last week to beg for funds from the Chinese in order to save their Revolutionary State. Yet chavismo’s global treasure hunt, regardless of the outcome, is not...
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