AFP. — “Welcome to Tent City,” reads a sign next to a Venezuelan flag at the entrance to a camp for earthquake survivors in the devastated state of La Guaira. Having accepted that the wait will be long, families are beginning to organize their lives inside tents at this improvised shelter in La Guaira, ground […]
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“We had to evacuate the apartments for safety reasons,” explained Indira Yánez. “I don’t want to leave my little home,” confessed Oliva Carrero. Vanessa Davies When Indira Yánez opened the door to one of the ground-floor apartments in Building 6 of the Oropeza Castillo housing complex in Guarenas, her first reaction was to shout, “Run […]
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Óscar Reyes Matute There was no need to reinvent anything. The veteran Academy Awards writers had already invented it all: the jokes, the way the awards are presented, the gags between actors and presenters. It is a ceremony that still draws hundreds of millions of viewers, from what remains of traditional cable television to the […]
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Luis Vilchez The clash of ideas has always shaped human history. The early 20th century witnessed World War I—and, decades later, World War II—against a backdrop of ideological and political conflict. Economics has long divided followers of John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek. Psychology has its own rivalry between Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalysis and B.F. Skinner’s […]
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The U.S. president said stronger armed forces have delivered results in Venezuela and other international arenas. He also said Caracas is cooperating with Washington to increase oil production. The Daily Journal. — U.S. President Donald Trump cited the January 3 military operation in Venezuela and the capture of Nicolás Maduro as one of the successes […]
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The CIA document compiles intelligence reports on alleged plans, technical vulnerabilities, and links between government officials and Venezuela’s electoral system. The agency states that its assessments did not confirm large-scale electronic fraud in any specific election. The Daily Journal. — A declassified report from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) compiles intelligence assessments conducted between […]
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The Daily Journal. — U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday night that Nicolás Maduro’s administration conspired “to manipulate” Venezuela’s 2020 parliamentary elections digitally. In a televised address to the nation from the White House, Trump presented a series of declassified Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) documents focused on electronic interference capabilities in Venezuela’s electoral processes. During […]
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Julio A. López, Editor-in-Chief .– President Donald Trump addressed the nation on Thursday in a highly anticipated televised speech from the White House, during which he discussed economic issues and various domestic and foreign policy matters. However, Venezuela remained notably absent from his remarks. The omission surprised both the Venezuelan community abroad and numerous political […]
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Julio A. López, Editor-in-Chief .— Liquefied natural gas (LNG) — pipeline gas cooled to -162°C to enable transportation aboard specialized LNG carriers — has become the most sensitive gauge of the global energy crisis. Only three regions produce LNG at industrial scale: the United States, Qatar, and Australia. That concentration explains why any disruption in […]
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Audio: https://clyp.it/p2koe0pw Julio A. López, Editor-in-Chief .— Chevron is set to sign preliminary agreements to invest in two Iraqi oil fields and join a consortium of investors studying the construction of a pipeline linking Iraq’s oil-producing basin to Syria’s Mediterranean coast, specifically the port of Baniyas. The Context: Iraq, the Most Exposed Iraq — the second-largest […]
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