The Communal State: Maduro’s Inherited Social Control Machine
The PSUV-controlled parliament is going forward with a law to increase the existing influence of 45,000 Communal Councils and its related control structures
The Venezuela-China Relations Aren’t Going Well
Caracas Chronicles was a media partner of a webinar on the implications of the Chinese interest in our country and the region, organized by Fundación Andrés Bello: Centro de Investigación Chino-Latinoamericano and Freedom House. Here are the highlights
Miami Madness | Podcast
Pueblo People episodes for the week of March 27th, 2021: Antivaxxer frenzy, state of emergency in South beach, and Garland the hunter
The Second Wave of COVID-19 in Venezuela
Desperate people looking online for oxygen concentrators or money for treatment, more and more complaints over the low availability of hospital beds and concern about the Brazilian variant, even inside the regime. What do we actually know?
Victor Cardenas: Fintech Young Gun | Podcast
This week, the Venezuela Diaspora Project brings us the story of Victor Cardenas—a 19-year-old Venezuelan who built a tech startup during the pandemic
Pueblo People: Reverse CaracasChron
We're adding a second podcast to our catalogue. Pueblo People covers U.S. politics in Venezuelan Spanish, add it to your list
An Overview of the Decline of Oil Production in Venezuela
Now that we left 2020 behind, we can see how oil production in “the country with the biggest reserves on Earth” has fallen during the Maduro years, according to OPEC
The Contrasting Management of Venezuelan Mass Migration in the Americas
While Chile deported more than a hundred Venezuelans, and other countries reinforced their borders, Colombia provides its brand of Temporary Protection Status to Venezuelan migrants, similar to the one promised by Joe Biden
The Maduro Regime Took Over the National Assembly. Now What?
The political landscape in Venezuela changed yet again, when the last institution whose members were legally elected fell under five years of persecution. Here’s where Guaidó and his rivals stand now
Why Venezuelan Migrants Are Dying at Sea
With at least 11 passengers drowned between Venezuela and Trinidad, the fatal count of a historic tragedy grows: our people are trapped between traffickers, Maduro’s dictatorship, and the indifference of the Trinidadian government
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