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El Aissami Police Holds Summary Executions, Governor Blames Capitalism
This shaky footage, clearly the work of a trembling hand, is good enough to make out the basics: In broad daylight, in an alley behind some buildings, three...
Orange is the new Black-Market Deterrent.
There’s no doubt about it: The central government has a huge “bachaquero” problem, that is, thousands of people buying regulated goods and reselling them at black market prices...
Come for the crime, stay for the petting zoo
RunRun.es has a blockbuster piece on Tocorón Prison in Aragua State, quickly becoming the epicenter of #PranNation. Run by a business savvy “Pran” (prison gang leader) with a...
Stepping down
Starting today, I will no longer be the main editor of Caracas Chronicles. For the past few weeks, several of us who write for the blog have concluded that Caracas...
Prannation: Barlovento Edition
Daniel Pardo’s reporting on the “Zonas de Paz” in Barlovento for the Beeb is really amazing – even if you think you know this story, you’ll learn as you read....
How do you solve a problem like Pereira?
Good old Maria Corina Machado. Today she was not allowed to register her candidacy due to the government’s push to have her barred from public office. So, instead,...
Let's talk about "gender equality"
It’s undeniable that Venezuelan society is sexist. From the silly facts – the women can flutter their eyelashes at male waiters to get an extra basket of bread,...
Birthplace of bachaqueo
Have you ever wondered where it all started? Bachaqueo, I mean – standing in line waiting to purchase price-controlled products in order to resell them in the black market....
The State of our Public Hospitals in four and a half minutes
For all that we have written about the terrible state of our public healthcare system, sometimes is difficult to convey into words how bad it is. But images...
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