Unhappy 11th
Yup, Caracas Chronicles is 11 years old today. Can’t say I’m in much of a mood for celebrating, though. The country is honestly more screwed up now than...
Politics
All of the Chávez Era's Insanity Condensed into One Panorama Article
Looking for just the right mix of herbs to magically cure your lovesickness? You’re out of luck: shortages have come to the world of Santería supplies. Las yerbas y...
Is this the Big Deal the government's been waiting for?
Hold the IMF talks! El Universal is reporting that PDVSA and Sinopec – a massive Chinese state-owned oil company – have signed a $14 billion agreement to develop...
What's cooking at the AN today? (Updated)
Access to the first session of the National Assembly after its month-long recess will be even more restricted than usual: not only private media is banned from covering...
Walking Blindfolded Towards The Edge of a Cliff
This story in El Nuevo Herald is…well, just staggering: En una muestra del grave estado de las finanzas públicas venezolanas, el régimen de Nicolás Maduro ha emprendido lo...
Journey Into the Heart of Chavista Darkness (Updated)
Fresh from a week-long junket to Caracas for the 10th World Poetry Festival, German poet Xochil Schütz reels from the scale and depravity of the propaganda state she...
Dark Night of the Defecating Mephistopheles
Miguel, in a deep deep funk, makes a point that bears repeating: You are worried that there is a shortage of dollars? Well, let me remind you this...
Ni pa eso Chronicles
Turns out Abdel el-Zabayar, the pro-Chávez Syrian-Venezuelan member of the National Assembly who shipped off to Syria to fight on the government’s side as part of some messed up International...
Occam's Razor on Sabotage
Willie Neuman’s piece in the New York Times today on Maduro’s sabotage-obsession is a pretty good primer for people who haven’t been following the story. It bothers me...
Superman Maracucho
This gave me the lulz…
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