Available in English Current status Active | Launched 2002 | |
Slogan(s) Making Venezuela make sense. Website www.caracaschronicles.com | ||
Caracas Chronicles is a website focused on Venezuelan news and analysis in English. Founded in 2002 by Francisco Toro, its focus is on Venezuelan politics and economics in the Chávez and post-Chávez era. The website describes itself as "opposition-leaning-but-not-insane," and, though highly critical of Venezuela's socialist government, the site "doesn't spare the opposition."
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Staff
Francisco Toro is the founder of Caracas Chronicles and remains Executive Editor. Emiliana Duarte, a longtime opposition political activists, serves as Managing Editor. Raúl Stolk, a Miami based lawyer, is chairman.
Other contributors with professional backgrounds in economics, engineering and law include:
Reception
The Associated Press says that the website's "English-language musings are a must-read for foreign journalists, academics and political junkies".
Following the death of President Hugo Chávez, José de Córdoba wrote in Americas Quarterly:
Predicting that a crisis would hit Venezuela under the presidency of Nicolás Maduro, David Frum said at The Daily Beast that when such crisis occurred, Caracas Chronicles "will be the essential guide."
Controversy
On 6 December 2015, Caracas Chronicles was affected by a DDoS attack according to the Press and Society Institute (IPYS), a Venezuelan NGO. According to the host organization of the website, the attack originated from Venezuela.