The Night of the Motorizados
A true story about motorizados, accidents, and the bystander effect.
Life
The Store is Here!
As the holidays roll around, sometimes you just want to give the people close to you a little slice of Venezuela. And boy do we have you covered!
Caracas Chronicles' "I'm Dreaming of a Shit Christmas"
For all of you who were dreaming of hallacas without Maduro, Feliz Chavidad! This is what you get.
All The Wheat in Russia
Caracas Chronicles has obtained exclusive access to embassy memo where Russian diplomats seek to explain Venezuelan bread market back to Headquarters.
How Hampa is Destroying 70 Years of Venezuelan Science
If only the malandros who keep going back to UCV's Instituto de Medicina Tropical to pick at the bones of a broken institutions knew Dr. Félix Pifano, and the way this institute transformed Venezuela.
A Journey To Mukumbarí
The brand new Mérida cable car is both a sample of what Venezuela could be, and the reasons why it’s not: A beautiful place doomed by economic nonsense.
All Payment Systems Collapse in Venezuela at Once
Rampant inflation, highly devalued currency, widespread shortages of everything, including paper money...Makes me just want to get drunk, except I can't because the liquor store wont take my debit card.
An Anthem for Nicolás Maduro
What should be the theme song for Maduro's daily, four-hour long radio show, La Hora de la Salsa.
Bachaqueating Bitcoins
In Venezuela, everybody's looking for an angle. Techies have found theirs: mining bitcoins using the world's most crazy-cheap electricity.
Venezuela's MERCOSUR Days are Numbered
As the trade block prepares to suspend Venezuela for failing to implement any of its accession obligations, the government doesn't even seem to care.
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