The day after
January 10th has passed. Chávez did not show up for his swearing in, but his “people” took the oath in his place, because the people are Chávez, and...
Politics
What do you call a problem like Maduro?
January 10th creates a conundrum for us at Caracas Chronicles. On the one hand, we share most of your indignation. Maduro’s term ends today, but the TSJ has...
This is what Capriles is thinking
OK, so we all know this is a kind of coup. Keeping Maduro on as the not-encargado-and-yet-obviously-in-charge (a.k.a., de facto) president is about as legitimate in my eyes...
Surely Bertolt Brecht could not have done better...
A few years ago, Teodoro Petkoff made audiences guffaw with his bon mot about how, more and more, the Chávez government treats the Constitution as though it were...
The TSJ rubber-stamps the Maduro doctrine (Updated)
After three and a half hours of waiting, the president of the Venezuelan Supreme Court Luisa Estela Morales has declared in a press conference that President Hugo Chavez...
Young and Defenseless
by Daniel Lansberg-Rodríguez “As Constituições são como as mulheres, elas são mais férteis, enquanto elas são mais violadas.” Getulio Vargas, Brazilian Dictator. First things first: that the government...
Taking Stock
To get a sense of just how needless the constitutional crisis developing in Venezuela really is, let’s just step back from the play-by-play and take stock of where...
¿Por qué?
Those looking at Venezuela’s hot mess from the outside can be excused for wondering: what’s the big deal? Let’s recap: the opposition wants a temporary absence declared and...
Life imitates satire
Two weeks ago, when I wrote this silly little satirical piece on what would happen if chavismo decided to just pretend that Chávez was ok to govern indefinitely,...
VP Maduro: No inauguration on January 10th (Updated)
Minutes ago, the President of the National Assembly Diosdado Cabello just read a letter from Vice-President Nicolas Maduro, in which he indicates that President Hugo Chavez won’t attend...
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