Richard Grenell failed to become Trump’s man in Caracas. A fresh scandal threatens him, just after the White House fired two ...

Mariano Picón Salas, a leading intellectual of modern Venezuela, has been quoted as saying that the 20th century actually began in our country with a thirty-five year delay. Back then, he said it in ...

Since sudden and sweeping change did not arrive, we should learn to navigate the costs and uncertainties of a process we have ...

El Chigüire Bipolar, Venezuela’s renowned satire news outlet, was never just another website for many Venezuelans of my generation. It occupied a peculiar space, somewhere between journalism, comedy, ...

The current state model grants the highest court so much power that its reconstitution must be the top priority right now.

King Juan Carlos I summons party leaders after the failed 1981 coup. From left to right: Santiago Carrillo (Communist Party), Agustín Rodríguez Sahagún (Defence Minister), Adolfo Suárez (Prime ...

Caracas Chronicles is 100% reader-supported. We’ve been able to hang on for 22 years in one of the craziest media landscapes in the world. We’ve seen different media outlets in Venezuela (and abroad) ...

Police officers block a protest demanding decent wages as public workers, students and pensioners try to reach the presidential palace. Photo by Associated Press, April 2026. On October 6, the UN ...

The Venezuelan economic debate has been dominated by headlines over hydrocarbon deals and speculation around the future of the mining sector. The focus is understandable. It’s a petrostate with an ...

Who will be the next president of the largest Latin American economy? We’ll know for sure with the run-off on October 25, but after the first-round results in Brazil’s general election, it seems it ...