Quico says: More than anything or anyone else in Venezuela today, it's Luisa Ortega Díaz that scares me. There's something spontane...

Berlin, Germany - 4:20 p.m. Send us the View from Your Window: caracaschronicles at fastmail dot fm Please ensure the window frame is visibl...

Quico says: Seniat has just announced they are shutting down Avon Cosmetics de Venezuela for 72 hours for not filling out their VAT forms ...

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Quico says: Leopoldo López just got kicked out of UNT. Kicked out. Of UNT. Swirl that around in your brain for a bit. It's really craz...

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Thanks to everyone for wedding wishes. I declare this break over. Quico says: The April 11th crucible will not be forgotten. Check out Robe...

Los Palos Grandes, Caracas, Venezuela - 9:37 a.m. Send us the View from Your Window: caracaschronicles at fastmail dot fm Please ensure the ...

Quico says: ...cuz, as the good book says, what Facebook has united, may no man tear asunder.

Juan Cristóbal says: It's true. On Saturday, a week from tomorrow, Quico will marry his long-time sweetheart. At the moment, Quico'...

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Juan Cristóbal says: - Quico and I are both swamped today, but we didn't want to the day to pass without highlighting that Chávez's...

Davie, FL - 16:08 Send us the View from Your Window: caracaschronicles at fastmail dot fm Please ensure the window frame is visible, and tel...

Juan Cristóbal says: - Quico will hit the conservative AM radiowaves tomorrow morning to talk about Chávez. Tomorrow (at 8:30 a.m. Eastern ...

Quico says: This is what you get for passing out flyers supporting press freedom in Venezuela today. And I don't mean "today"...

Quico says: Caracas's unelected mayor- cum -chavista-viceroy, Jacqueline Faría, went all fascio on the media's coverage of the hea...

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Quico says: Since so many of you seem - for some baffling reason - to care, I wrote up what I really think about that Chávez-hates-golf s...

Quico says: The other ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) puts a skewer through the revolution. Worth watching as much for the lovel...

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Quico says: It's the law of averages...you can't talk in public as much as Chávez does without eventually getting at least one thin...

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Quico says: As many of you know, we've been working hard behind the scenes on a complete overhaul of this blog, starting with a new loo...

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Quico says: First things first: under current geostrategic realities, the notion that the US could mount an invasion of Venezuela (or Ecuad...

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Juan Cristóbal says: - As you probably know, the recent controversy surrounding Venezuela and Colombia has to do with an agreement allowing...

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Quico says: Everyone knows that the Big Crisis affecting Venezuelan journalism is that the news business just doesn't gel with a govern...

Juan Cristóbal says: - Hugo Chávez gave an off-limits-to-the-locals press conference today . In it, he went in depth about the AT-4 missile...

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Juan Cristóbal says: - Former Constitutional Assembly member and former Ambassador to Mexico Vladimir Villegas wrote a stinging op-ed piece...

Quico says: Can you believe that the revelation that Venezuelan army AT4 rocket launchers were found in FARC's possession is less than ...

Quico says: A group of some 35 pro-Chávez thugs, have just stormed Globovisión and tossed multiple tear gas canisters into the building. Th...

Juan Cristóbal says: -The government's takeover of 34 radio stations over the weekend has gained considerable attention . In spite of t...

Juan Cristóbal says: - Over the weekend, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos opined that the freedom of expression situation in...

George Orwell might have said: In our country, political speech and writing are largely the defence of the indefensible. Things like the ab...

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Quico says: Simón Romero's NYTimes story today detailing new evidence of Venezuela's continued, close cooperation with FARC will ...

Quico says: El Chigüire Bipolar long ago cemented its position as the place for the most incisive, wicked and hilarious satire in Venezue...

Quico says: Read my little paean to Hillary Clinton for her role in the Honduran crisis over on TNR's mass blog, The Plank.

Juan Cristóbal says: - Remember the idea of opposition primaries ? Now there's a Facebook group promoting it . It's never too early...

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Quico says: So, guess who is the first chicharrón to go public with enthusiastic support for Luisa Ortega Díaz's fascist little aberrat...

Quico says: And now for something completely different: The New York Times reports that Honduras' de facto president Roberto Michele...

Juan Cristóbal and Quico say: What would you say is the opposite of human rights? These days, in international usage, the defense of human...