The Daily Journal – Venezuelan Foreign Minister Félix Plasencia and his Spanish counterpart, José Manuel Albares, spoke by phone on Sunday. The conversation focused on bilateral issues and potential areas of cooperation as Venezuela moves through its reconstruction phase following the June 24 earthquakes. “Today I held a cordial and productive call with Spain’s Minister […]
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The Daily Journal.- Oil prices started the week higher as the market grew increasingly skeptical about a potential agreement in the Middle East to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. North Sea Brent crude for October delivery rose 1.29% to $83.55 per barrel. Its U.S. counterpart, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude for September delivery, gained 1.15% […]
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The Daily Journal.- Oil prices rose on Friday amid growing uncertainty over a potential agreement between Iran and Oman to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The market, which had hoped for an imminent solution earlier in the week, turned nervous again after Tehran signaled its intention to ban U.S. and Israeli vessels from passing through […]
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The Daily Journal.- An alleged theft of trade secrets now threatens the technological partnership between Apple and OpenAI. The iPhone maker sued the artificial intelligence company, accusing it of obtaining confidential information through former Apple employees to develop its own hardware. According to EFE, the actions allegedly taken by the ChatGPT creator triggered a legal […]
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Xinhua – Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella reported Monday from Bogotá that the death toll from the powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake that struck much of the country earlier that morning had risen to 111. The earthquake’s epicenter was located in San José del Palmar, in the northwestern department of Chocó. “As of 12:30 p.m. […]
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The Daily Journal.- A powerful magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck southwestern Colombia on Monday, leaving a devastating preliminary toll. The nationwide death toll rose to 71. Local authorities confirmed a sharp increase in fatalities in the Valle del Cauca region. President Abelardo De La Espriella declared a national disaster to address the tragedy, which has claimed […]
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Julio A. López, Editor-in-Chief.— Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement claimed responsibility on Sunday for a new drone attack on Saudi Aramco’s refinery in Jazan, just two days after Saudi Arabia signed a defense pact with Turkey and Pakistan in response to growing regional instability stemming from the war between the United States, Israel, and Iran. The […]
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Dr. Juan Barreto, Director of The Daily Journal for Venezuela and Latin America. Curly in his labyrinth. Could hell be starting to open beneath Marco Rubio’s feet? Where do I get this from? Well, the midterm elections are approaching, and all the polls seem to indicate that Democrats will prevail over Republicans. Some polls even […]
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The Daily Journal.- CNP Caracas documented 134 attacks against the press between January and July 2026. A report from the monitoring unit of the organization’s Caracas chapter shows a sustained increase in censorship, arbitrary detentions and persecution targeting media workers in Venezuela. The National Association of Journalists (CNP), Capital District-Caracas chapter, warned about the systematic […]
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The Daily Journal – Nearly two months after the two major earthquakes that devastated parts of the country on June 24, the Venezuelan Confederation of Industrialists (Conindustria), the Venezuelan Chamber of Construction (CVC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) held a high-level meeting to define the operational and strategic phases of Venezuela’s Reconstruction Plan, […]
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