Leading the outrage brigade
Here at Caracas Chronicles, we’ve had our differences with my old (young) professor Luis Vicente León, but on the burgeoning scandal that is the MUD’s looming decision to...
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The New Normal
You know the country’s well and truly down the rabbithole when random illegal media outlet shutdowns don’t even register as a blip on N24! Dígalo ahí, RSF: Carabobo...
Can you see Russia from your penthouse?
Things that make you go hmm: Where does Noticias24.com, a fine publication we love to crib from, get the resources to go to Lima and have a nice...
Sinking in MUD
So the latest word is that the opposition primaries will be held February 12th. This article lays it out. Apparently, Primero Justicia was willing to compromise in exchange...
Amperes, not empires
In an interesting op-ed published in El Universal (now there’s something I don’t write every day), Julio Borges keeps the focus on bread-and-butter issues. If there is one...
Another one bites the dust
Chalk this up to another instance of the US justice system doing what the Venezuelan “justice” “system” refuses to do. Government regulator Rafael Ramos de la Rosa, who...
Not the pop singer
Our Defense Minister is some General called Carlos Mata. No, not the ’80s galán. This one is a scary motherfucker. Check out this interview. The money quote: “One of...
Defending The Interests Of The People
It’s 100-posts-in-five-days week, so here’s a post from longtime reader and only occasional poster Guido Núñez-Mujica. You’d guess that having electricity 24/7 would be something El Pueblo might...
The Pearly Gates
Over in Spanish, Raúl laughs his head off at Chávez’s supposed “plan” to stay in power after losing the vote. #7…or is this cheating?
Splitters!
This story about PPT splitting again between a pro-Chávez and an anti-Chávez faction is pure Monty Python. Gotta love AVN’s glee at this stuff… #6…we’re already behind!
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