The only way is bootleg
Long ago, my family loved to watch movies on the weekends, so visiting the video store became a Saturday ritual. That ritual changed along with technology: from VHS,...
Gustavo Hernández A.
Guaro journalist and CaracasChron veteran.
A new benchmark for development, ctd.
A reader agrees with JC that Chile is getting closer to be a developed country: “I can speak from experience… What I have seen throughout my many visits...
SIDOR goes into collision course
After Ferrominera’s internal election, the situation inside Guayana’s empresas básicas is getting more intense by the day. Steel-maker SIDOR is undergoing big change. Rafael Gil Barrios, current president of the...
The bachaqueros are still at it
Remember the bachaqueros? The goajiro gasoline smugglers from Zulia State are not taking the recent crackdown on smuggling sitting down. When the Army and the National Guard were...
Bolivarian Navy's mysterious accident
The Brazilian press is reporting that this Venezuelan Navy ship ran aground near the port of Fortaleza last Friday. The PC-22 patrol vessel “Warao” was about to take part in joint...
It's hard out here for a rapidito...
In cities like Barquisimeto, public transport means more than just buses. Some routes are covered by what’s known here as carritos por puesto or rapiditos: passenger cars that...
Chavismo ignores Rubén Limardo's tweet
That Limardo’s tweet about his gold medal being for everyone? Chavismo didn’t read it. …or they simply chose to hacerse los locos. After all… #AquiLoQueImportaEsChavez
Ad War Update
Since we’re going for a Sullivanesque-vibe these days, here are the latest ad offering from both sides. Chávez’s camp insists with “light painting” to promote his accomplishments on social policy and...
Did Lacava try too hard?
One possible reason why Rafael Lacava wasn’t chosen to be PSUV’s gubernatorial candidate in Carabobo could be his obsession with putting his face (and his wife’s) on every...
A blunder in Carabobo
Chavez made a huge mistake in Carabobo. The PSUV mayor of Puerto Cabello, Rafael Lacava, has a real chance against Salas Feo and has something most Chavistas in local offices lack:...
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