The Daily Journal – Technicians from the U.S. Department of Energy and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) assessed the Guri Dam, Venezuela’s main source of electricity generation, which supplies more than 60% of the country’s power. The assessment falls under the U.S. Department of State’s Power Sector Program. It represents part of the three-phase […]
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The Daily Journal.— Following the suspension of talks on Aug. 1, 2015, National Assembly President Dinorah Figuera arrived in Venezuela through General José Antonio Anzoátegui International Airport in Barcelona to resume dialogue with Jorge Rodríguez. Accompanied by a parliamentary delegation, Figuera said she takes on the process with “great expectations” and reaffirmed her commitment to […]
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“We need many hands,” relatives and volunteers insist as they refuse to give up. By Vanessa Davies At the Opppe housing complex in Los Cocos Beach, day and night have become the same battlefront. The earthquakes of June 24 turned time itself into a test of human determination. Beneath the rubble, life still struggles to […]
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The Daily Journal.— The Chilean government has taken the first step toward restoring its diplomatic presence in Venezuela by sending Hernán Núñez, director of Consular Affairs, Immigration and Chileans Abroad, to Caracas to reactivate consular services, Chile’s Foreign Ministry confirmed. Núñez, a diplomat with more than 30 years of experience and a former ambassador to […]
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The Daily Journal.— Following the events of January 3, 2026, and amid changing relations between Venezuela and the United States, the fate of Venezuelan state funds frozen abroad has once again become a major issue. According to Bloomberg, Washington is considering a partial release of frozen assets, estimated at between $20 billion and $30 billion, […]
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The Daily Journal.— At least 1,579 people remain missing following the June 24 earthquakes, a disaster that has claimed 6,125 lives, according to La Guaira Governor José Alejandro Terán, who spoke Tuesday with Colombia’s Caracol Radio. The governor said the figures come from a census currently underway in the disaster zone. “Based on the information […]
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The Daily Journal.— Juan Sulbarán Quintero, commander general of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB), called on members of the force Tuesday to remain loyal to Acting President Delcy Rodríguez as seven months passed since the U.S. military operation that resulted in Nicolás Maduro’s capture. “We have a duty to fulfill, and we must remain loyal […]
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EFE.— The judge leading Spain’s Plus Ultra investigation has requested a comprehensive report on the airline’s ownership changes since 2017, the year Venezuelan capital entered the Spanish carrier. Authorities are investigating Plus Ultra over a state rescue loan and an alleged influence-peddling scheme that reportedly involved former Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero. Prosecutors […]
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The Daily Journal — The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued General License 5Y on Monday, authorizing certain transactions related to the 8.5% PDVSA 2020 bond, effective September 17, 2026. The new license replaces General License 5X, which OFAC issued on June 18, 2026, and which had set August […]
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Dr. Juan Barreto, The Daily Journal Director for Venezuela and Latin America — It seems that matters have become increasingly complicated inside the White House: nothing personal, just business. A struggle has erupted over the division of the spoils that Venezuela now generates following the military operations that removed Nicolás Maduro and installed a transitional […]
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