The Thicket
The fine landed like a bombshell in this well-appointed east-side building’s condo board. The government was fining them for BsF.60,000 – some $10,700 at the no-joke exchange rate...
Life
The View from Your Window: Virginia Water
Virginia Water, Surrey, England. Send us the View from Your Window: caracaschronicles at fastmail dot fm, or nageljuan at gmail dot com. Please ensure the window frame is...
Non-Traditional Exports
[In a provocative journal article on Chávez’s strategy to project power abroad…] Javier Corrales says: If a foreign government or politician accepts Venezuelan aid, what follows is more...
Clarifications on Bocarandagate
Quico says: Oh, I do enjoy riling you all up once in a while. But since the general level of up-rilery appears to be a bit higher than...
The View from Your Window: Paris
Paris, France. Send us the View from Your Window: caracaschronicles at fastmail dot fm, or nageljuan at gmail dot com. Please ensure the window frame is visible, and...
He can run run, but he can't hide...
Quico says: So we’re all supposed to be sad now that oppo radio-broadcaster Onda la Superestación has canceled Nelson Bocaranda’s long-running political gossip show, “Los Runrunes de Nelson...
The view from your window: San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas, USA. 11:20 AM. Send us the View from Your Window: caracaschronicles at fastmail dot fm, or nageljuan at gmail dot com. Please ensure the window...
Contempt of Vote
Quico says: If the Chávez regime retains some patina of legitimacy in international circles beyond the know-nothing lefty fringe, that sense arises almost exclusively from one source: its...
Of drunks, fights and empty bottles
Quico says: I’ve been in a bit of a funk, lately. What can I say? Caracas got me down this time. There’s something about life in this incredibly...
The view from your window: Maputo
Maputo, Mozambique. 11 am. Send us the View from Your Window: caracaschronicles at fastmail dot fm, or nageljuan at gmail dot com. Please ensure the window frame is...
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