Selling the Underground Chest
María Corina and Edmundo’s pitch to Trump—ousting the regime in exchange for opening Venezuela’s oil industry—involves an outdated project that Maduro himself could still hijack
Politics
The Making of María Corina Machado
She moderated her tone in the lead-up to July 28, but Machado is now engaging with the MAGA camp. How did she get here after 25 years?
Is Trump Switching Gears Against Maduro?
The U.S. president suddenly announced he was “reversing the concessions on the oil transaction agreement” signed in November 2022, possibly cutting one of the main income sources of the Venezuelan state
The Targeted Assassination of Ronald Ojeda Moreno
Along with four fellow soldiers, Ronald Ojeda managed to escape a Maduro’ jail and fled to Chile, where he was kidnapped and killed a year ago
Enemy Mine: The Common Ground Between Trump and Maduro
Changes to political environments in both Venezuela and the U.S. might explain Trump’s reset with Maduro
Now What Venezuela
Some news from your friendly blog Caracas Chronicles: we have an in-person event in Miami
What if the Dictatorship is Just Starting?
Venezuelans will only survive this ordeal by nurturing the diaspora and figuring out how to organize without mainstream politicians. These are our options before a resilient regime and a hostile international environment
U.S. Seizes Venezuelan Aircraft Used by Officials for "Private Flights"
The seized PDVSA plane was used by VP Delcy Rodríguez, along with Maduro officials' friends and family, for leisure trips. It has been under U.S. Treasury sanctions since 2020
The Revocation of TPS for Venezuela has Impact Beyond U.S. Borders
A lack of solidarity with the Venezuelan community in the U.S. and the primacy of a purported “national interest” without empirical basis threaten the status of migrants and international cooperation on these matters
Rafael Caldera and the Unclaimed Paternity of Chavismo
Rafael Caldera is often blamed for releasing Hugo Chávez from prison after his failed coup. Here’s the context in which those events unfolded
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