The Daily Journal — Chevron expects to increase its oil production in Venezuela by 15% over the next 18 to 24 months as the Trump administration seeks to expand investment by U.S. energy companies in the country. Chevron’s joint ventures in Venezuela currently produce about 280,000 barrels per day, Chief Financial Officer Eimear Bonner said. […]
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The Daily Journal — Venezuela’s current National Assembly and Dinorah Figuera, president of the 2015 National Assembly, will take part in a new round of political negotiations. Figuera returned to Venezuela on June 18 after spending eight years in exile. She accepted an invitation from the U.S. Department of State to discuss Venezuela’s political transition. […]
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The Daily Journal – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested a former captain of a Miami college soccer team at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport after the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program for Venezuelan nationals ended. She has an active asylum application. ICE agents stopped 28-year-old Claudia Carolina Rodríguez Caglianone as she went through the […]
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The Daily Journal — La Guaira Governor José Alejandro Terán reported that authorities have received reports of 1,338 missing people one month after the magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 earthquakes struck Venezuela’s central coast. He added that officials still need to verify the figure by cross-checking multiple databases. Terán shared the information during a radio interview […]
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The Daily Journal — Venezuelan airline Laser temporarily reorganized its operations after the disruption caused by the earthquakes. The experience led the company to identify an opportunity to develop a more flexible airport network with a stronger presence at regional airports across the country. Eliana Verkooke, Laser’s Commercial Director, told Bloomberg that, despite the emergency […]
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EFE. — Chilean nonprofit TECHO, which operates in 18 Latin American countries, plans to build at least 200 homes for people affected by Venezuela’s June 24 earthquakes, the organization’s Global Executive Director, Juan José Ayarza, announced on Thursday. The organization has set an initial goal of 200 homes, although it hopes to increase that number. […]
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The Daily Journal. — Ballard Partners, one of the leading lobbying firms in the United States and one that has seen its revenue surge during President Donald Trump’s second term, announced Wednesday that it will open an office in Caracas, as U.S. companies and multinational corporations show renewed interest in investing in Venezuela. Scott Wagner, […]
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“With these starvation pensions, we don’t even know how we’re supposed to eat,” stressed the vice president of the National Union of Retired Workers of the Venezuelan Social Security Institute (IVSS). By Vanessa Davies Carlos Julio Rivera, vice president of the National Union of Retired Workers of the Venezuelan Social Security Institute (IVSS), says he […]
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The Daily Journal. — Italian energy company ENI is negotiating new contracts with Venezuela and Petróleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa) to align its operations with the country’s new legal framework for the oil sector. At the same time, the company expects to accelerate development of the Junín 5 project in the Orinoco Oil Belt, Reuters reported. […]
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The Daily Journal. — The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has launched an investigation into the fund through which the Donald Trump administration manages revenue generated from Venezuelan oil exports. Representatives Joaquín Castro and Sean Casten, along with Senators Chris Van Hollen and Tim Kaine, requested the investigation. They are seeking information about the accounts […]
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