Orange is the new Black-Market Deterrent.
There’s no doubt about it: The central government has a huge “bachaquero” problem, that is, thousands of people buying regulated goods and reselling them at black market prices...
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We also look out for the reading-impaired
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.
Another Return to Caracas Chronicle
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...
Carta al TSJ
Estimado TSJ, Nos enteramos de que rechazaste la demanda que Transparencia Venezuela interpuso contra el presidente del BCV, Nelson Merentes, por no publicar indicadores macroeconómicos, por considerar que no...
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About the War for Miranda's Second Circuit, But Were Afraid to Ask
Last Friday saw the end of a nasty and self-destructive struggle for supremacy within the opposition coalition for the right to nominate the candidate for the safest seat in the country. The outcome left Maria Corina Machado sidelined, divisions within the opposition more evident than ever, and a bitter taste for those of us supposed to vote for them come December.
Come for the crime, stay for the petting zoo
RunRun.es has a blockbuster piece on Tocorón Prison in Aragua State, quickly becoming the epicenter of #PranNation. Run by a business savvy “Pran” (prison gang leader) with a...
Another day, another party-jacking
It wouldn’t be an ordinary week in today’s Venezuela without the highest court in the land taking over a political party to appoint a pro-government clique to lead it. This week...
Time's Up, Minister Osorio
Remember this? The headline ran on June 7th in Ultimas Noticias. Major General Carlos Osorio, Minister for Food, pledged solemnly that the food availability crisis would have ended by…today....
Chávez Burns in Sinamaica
Milagros Socorro broke Twitter yesterday with her reporting of a guajiro upheaval in the border town of Sinamaica. The Zuliana journo summarized the story in 26 tweets and...
MUD's Parting Gift to Juan: Bye-Bye COPEI
MUD has not exactly covered itself in glory these last few days, but they did get one thing right: the new, chavistified COPEI has been thrown right out of the...
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