How to lose businesses and alienate investors
Last week (during a house-giveaway cadena), the comandante presidente committed himself yet again to work side by side with the private sector if he’s reelected on October 7th....
Gustavo Hernández A.
Guaro journalist and CaracasChron veteran.
"El Puente sobre el Lago" turns fifty
Bridges in Venezuela are making headlines. Last week one collapsed in Miranda State, this week another one went down in Monagas. Others located elsewhere are now in peril. But...
Ventajismo? What ventajismo?!
A single picture to sum up the mad disparity in resources in this presidential campaign: The photo was taken in Caracas by Associated Press’ Fernando Llano. The article...
Dragunovs in Hell
According to one press report, inmates involved in last weekend’s Yare I riot had at least 100 assault rifles (!!), an M60 machine gun (500 rounds per minute to you and...
Gun Control in Venezuela is easier said than done
On the night of August 12th, a small Sucre Municipality (a.k.a. Petare) Police Post near a shopping mall was attacked by four armed thugs. Two police officers were wounded...
¡Así, así, así es que se controla!
The current head of the Venezuelan Parliament’s Comisión de Contraloría (or Government Oversight Committee), Pedro “DirecTV is watching you” Carreño announced that his body had solved 438 of the...
Ad War Update
The latest from the Capriles’ camp uses a first-hand account of how negative the Chavernment’s policy of expropiations has been for the country. This ad from the Chavez’...
The Crashed and the Furious
Gold mines, sneakers, grocery stores and now, PDVSA’s latest non-oil related venture: a brand new race-driving school. Bet you can’t guess who’s involved with it? Yup, Pastor Maldonado,...
My dog sabotaged my homework
The foufy east-side Caracas neighborhood of La Castellana was rocked on Thrusday by a loud explosion, followed by a fire in the nearby electrical sub-station. As a result,...
Puerto La Cruz? You can't get there from here...
All transit between Caracas and the East of Venezuela is halted for now, after a bridge located near the Barlovento town of Cupira (in Eastern Miranda State) collapsed....
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