Pompis Chronicles
Butt implants on the sly from an unlicensed “Doctor” in Catia? Step right this way… “Lo que yo inyecto son biopolímeros, y como ya sabrás, esto es peligroso....
Politics
Thinking about deadweight loss
This post from the UC Berkeley Energy Institute got me thinking that we’re not grasping the fullness of Venezuela’s crazy gasoline subsidy. The post is about Indonesia, and...
Samanic Possession
It’s nice to see we’re not the only ones enthralled by Eduardo Samán, the old/new Consumer Protection Agency head who’s quickly become a favorite hate figure for the...
Christmas in July
Ladies and gentlemen, get your cedulas ready… Its election season again! Finally we can put off thinking about boring, structural issues that need urgent attention like the crumbling...
Wasteful spending chronicles
The government is creating a brand new public transportation company called “Corporation of Socialist Transportation”. Didn’t they know there’s already have a similar kind of company called Sitssa?...
Just in case you're interested...and hate the NSA:
We at CaracasChronicles thought you might want to know about this awesome new social network: FacePopular, the Bolivarian alternative to Facebook. Iris Valera, now you can rest easy....
ProPublica on Iran and Latin America
Pulitzer-prize winning ProPublica came out with a thorough look into the links between Iran and Latin America. ProPublica is considered by some to be left-leaning, so I was...
Coming soon to a web browser near you
This piece, about online censorship by the government Venezuela loves to seek technical assistance from, is absolutely chilling in its detail: …[Chinese] censors expend even more effort on...
Missing him
After a long day full of meetings, errands, and other such trivialities, I sit down to write a post and, lo and behold, I can’t find a worthwhile...
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