Introducing the CC Book Club
Here at Caracas Chronicles we pride ourselves in fostering a sense of community. We don’t just tell our readers what we think, we also learn from your reactions. More often...
Here at Caracas Chronicles we pride ourselves in fostering a sense of community. We don’t just tell our readers what we think, we also learn from your reactions. More often...
Some background on Venezuela before Hugo Chávez Venezuela was a semi-functional democracy until the 1980s. The country was trying to develop a domestic industry thanks to the boom...
Carolina Acosta-Alzuru has a good riff about the need to wait until a country is ready to tell its stories. Venezuela isn’t ready to start telling its story yet, but one...
The episode is seared into the opposition’s collective psyche: with his approval ratings already in freefall, Nicolas Maduro headed into state and local elections in late 2013 facing...
Is it possible to forecast how many seats the government and the opposition will get in the National Assembly on the basis of National-level polls? It’s a tough...
Jim Wyss has a shocking story in the Miami Herald about the sprawling state-sponsored human trafficking ring known as Barrio Adentro, and the Cuban doctors now getting stranded in...
The Indiana Jones-meets-Wolf of Wall Street reality that is dealing in Venezuelan debt instruments.
Listen to Nelson Bocaranda´s feature of Anabella Abadi and Barbara Lira's open letter to the TSJ in his prime-time radio show today.
Caught the red eye to Barcelona. Barcelona, Anzoátegui, that is. Blood-shot eyes. Mosquitoes big as helicopters, and the wait. That absurd time-bending wait while an immigration officer chats...
It’s undeniable that Venezuelan society is sexist. From the silly facts – the women can flutter their eyelashes at male waiters to get an extra basket of bread,...
We’ve been able to hang on for 22 years in one of the craziest media landscapes in the world. We’ve seen different media outlets in Venezuela (and abroad) closing shop, something we’re looking to avoid at all costs. Your collaboration goes a long way in helping us weather the storm.
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