Venezuela Into The Unknown: Caracas Chronicles’ 2023 Editor’s Pick
Your best shot at understanding Venezuela in 2023. And what comes next.
Hundreds of Venezuelans Vanish in Perilous Migration Routes
On International Migrants Day, we need to remember the people who tried to migrate but disappeared in the land or the sea
Translating The Beatles for Venezuela
Let’s take the release of a “new” song to look at the impact the band had in the music culture of this country: nothing less than trailblazing rock and English among an audience so far focused on traditional genres in Spanish
How Venezuelans See the Esequibo Campaign
In the slums of Caracas and in towns closer to the border with Guyana, people remain focused on their many other problems, and see the chauvinistic campaign as a bad thing
A Gay Venezuelan in Transylvania, Romania’s Conservative Heartland
The story of Isaac shows that a relative financial stability may not compensate the loneliness and hostility one can feel in places that can be too alien for a Latin American
The New Era of Thought Crimes in Venezuela
Maduro is using the Esequibo crisis to charge with the very vague crime of high treason Maria Corina Machado and her party, and anyone else who gets in the way
Esequibo and the Ghost of Falklands War
It’s impossible not to think about what happened when the Argentina military regime launched a war with the UK to evade domestic troubles. But the comparison with today’s Venezuela throws numerous differences
The Esequibo Referendum Reveals a Regime Unable to Compete Electorally
Sunday’s low turnout and messy numbers reveal that Chavismo’s electoral machinery is more rusty than expected. Will the regime replace Maduro, and seek legitimacy, or bet for a Nicaraguazo in 2024?
Madurismo’s Electoral Dilemma
While the regime could contemplate a sham transition, led by another Chavista or a friendly “opposition” figure, Maduro is not willing to transfer the presidency. But a Nicaragua-like strategy could end up bursting its regime’s tensions
How Chávez Softened Down on the Esequibo
While Hugo Chávez never formally ceded or resigned the claim over the Esequibo region, his government toned down Venezuela’s position in order to win regional influence and leverage to face the United States. And Guyana saw an opportunity
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