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# Blog of the week
- URL: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/18638/
- Published: 2006-10-13T14:10:00.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-14T22:35:24.000Z
- Author: openDemocracy Supporters
- Tags: #en, #Migrated, #Import 2026-04-09 18:23

Friday is "Blog of the week" day, and today's suggestion is by openDemocracy contributor Phil Gunson:

*The two blogs I most regularly read are* [*CaracasChronicles*](http://caracaschronicles.blogspot.com/?ref=opendemocracy.net) *and one by the engaging name of* [*Chase me ladies, I'm in the cavalry*](http://www.chasemeladies.blogspot.com/?ref=opendemocracy.net)*.* 
  
*I read CaracasChronicles because it's the most lucid and entertainingly written of the blogs I know that deal with Venezuela. It's often thought-provoking, and always properly-researched, rather than just viscerally pro- or anti- as so much of the stuff on the web is.* 
  
*Chasemeladies is funny and politically incorrect, and its author happens to have spent quite a bit of time in Latin America (including Venezuela). He's a sharp observer with a knack of making me laugh at things I would otherwise barely have notice -- or have taken for granted.*