Víctor Hugo Quero Case Highlights Failures in the Justice and Prison Systems

For Carmen Teresa Navas, it was enough to gather the strength to find out where her son was. After finding him dead, sadness, helplessness, and perhaps rage seemed to have drained the health from her 82-year-old body. José Gregorio Yépez She was not looking for culprits. She was only looking for her son. In that […]

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Opportunity, New Political Moment, or Transition?

Américo Briceño Dos Santos, political scientist and university professor In a social context that continues to resign vast sectors of Venezuelan society to a relative deprivation of their material conditions, and with political violence shaping the social order—becoming somatized in bodies and undermining the collective mood—the civic spirit shifts its horizon of expectations from the […]

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U.S. Prosecutors Charge Alex Saab in Alleged International Money Laundering Scheme Involving Hundreds of Millions of Dollars

The Daily Journal.- Venezuela’s former Minister of Industries, Alex Saab, appeared this Monday before a federal court in the Southern District of Florida after a new formal indictment against him was unsealed and following his deportation from Caracas last Saturday. U.S. authorities have charged him with conspiracy to launder monetary instruments, linked to the alleged […]

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Diosdado Cabello Says Alex Saab Used Illegal Documentation and Justifies His Deportation to the U.S.

The Daily Journal.- Secretary General of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, made statements this Monday regarding the legal status and nationality of former Minister of Industries Alex Saab, who was deported to the United States last Saturday. Cabello asserted that Saab carried false documentation and that his departure from the country […]

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Delcy Rodríguez Says Alex Saab’s Deportation Strictly Responds to Venezuela’s “National Interests”

The Daily Journal – Acting president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, broke her silence regarding Alex Saab’s recent departure from the country, confirming that the government carried out an administrative deportation measure against him. During the inauguration of several business ventures in Caracas, the head of state stressed that all actions taken by her administration are […]

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Venezuela Is, de Facto, the 51st State

Audio: https://clyp.it/enjqmvrp Dr. Román Reyes Vásquez.— For decades, the mere idea that Venezuela could seriously debate any form of political integration with the United States would have triggered a national heresy. A country shaped by the Bolivarian imagination, deeply influenced by oil nationalism and by a historical narrative of Latin American sovereignty, would hardly have […]

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Caracas Brings Together Investors and Technology Leaders

Audio: https://clyp.it/uy5uchba The Daily Journal. — Venezuela launched the second edition of the International Entrepreneurs Congress and Venezuela Tech Week 2026 this Monday. This event connects investors, companies, startups, and regional digital ecosystem leaders amid the country’s economic recovery process. The event runs through May 13 at the Parque Bolívar Convention Center in La Carlota […]

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The Doctrine of “Bad Capture, Proper Detention”

Audio: https://clyp.it/v0l2yeur María Alejandra Díaz, constitutional lawyer and human rights advocate.— In light of the controversy surrounding the substantial private legal fees paid to defend Nicolás Maduro and his wife, authorized by OFAC as they face trial in the United States, one must not treat this as a minor issue. A simple legal technicality—lack of […]

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Essequibo, Geopolitics, and Dinosaur Juice of the 51st State

Audio: https://clyp.it/smn5bwvr Dr. Juan Barreto. — Interim president Delsy Rodríguez revives a historic claim and clashes with Guyana’s president, Irfaan Ali. How do dinosaurs enter this story? They rise from the dark depths underground, where pressure and heat cook the oily substance that powers the world, while other dark rooms simmer their own slow plots. […]

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