#17M: Altamira in Olive Green
I wake up to the soothing sounds of a chopper; like a giant mosquito that you just can’t swat. Check my phone: Monday, 6:45 am. Insane tweets from...
Notes on the Venezuelan Media Blackout
In a recent nationwide broadcast of a Peace Summit between the Government and some opposition people (none of the actors involved in the current crisis attended), Venevisión’s Carlos...
A Mistake The Venezuelan Opposition Shouldn't Repeat
There is a fantastic moment at the end of Charlie Wilson’s War, where the late (and great) Philip Seymour Hoffman tells a story that nails the strategy of...
February Chronicles I: Beating @ Monaco
This testimony belongs to a friend. It was posted in Spanish on his Facebook wall. Altamira, February 19th 2014. “After the second sweep of Plaza Altamira we took...
From Sochi with love
Now that we are done with the introductions and the sappy posts, let us get down to business. I came across this viral article from the Washington Post...
We'll always have Homeland, Hugo C.
(Editor’s note: We welcome a new addition to Caracas Chronicles, Raúl Stolk, @raulstolk. Raúl is an attorney, and I’ve long admired his writing in Prodavinci. I am thrilled...
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