Show up, save face, and enjoy the canapés
Memo to Maria Corina, Ledezma, and the rest of the Intransigents: who ever said that sitting down and talking with the government meant abandoning the streets? Can’t...
Tag: Top
Relying on the newsprint of neighbors (2nd Update)
As more visible forms of pressure against the media are gaining in prominence, the newsprint shortage faced by most newspapers in Venezuela (which I coined Newsprint-geddon) is still on...
Roadblocks for democracy
Right now, the current debate in the opposition seems to be on whether protests are convenient or not. I think we should focus more on the type of...
Busting the myths spewed by Luisa Ortega Díaz on the BBC
BBC had the chance to interview Luisa Ortega Díaz, Venezuela’s prosecutor general, a privilege few –if any- independent media get these days. Had we had the chance, there were many other...
www.venezueladecoded.com
The Twitter wars will be decoded … thanks to a cool new project from a team of Venezuelan, Bolivian, and American journalists. Do check it out. Safe night everyone.
The war on journalists gets worse, cont.
On the night of April 4th, press photographers who were covering protests in Caracas were attacked by armed security personnel from the building that houses the Prisons Ministry (seen in...
Venezuelan inflation in one simple image
You know the adage: a picture is worth a thousand words. So, what better way to show how inflation has affected us… than the prices of trading cards for...
Should protests end? Polls suggest so (Updated)
Two recent polls from opposing pollsters (one leans chavista, the other leans opposition) suggest patience with the protests is wearing thin. IVAD, a local pollster that has long...
Chavistas are from Mars, the opposition is from Venus
The worst part about Nicolás Maduro’s New York Times OpEd is not the amount of lies it contains, but the fact that most chavistas honestly believe them. Whether...
The war on journalists gets worse
Yesterday, during the violent rampage by pro-government thugs inside the Universidad Central de Venezuela, several journalists were harrassed, and saw their equipment stolen. Since last month, attacks against...
Caracas Chronicles is 100% reader-supported.
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.
Donate