U.S. Embassy Reports Venezuelan Oil Exports Reach Highest Level in Seven Years

The Daily Journal — Venezuela’s oil exports have surged to 1.25 million barrels per day (bpd), marking the highest export volume the country has recorded in the past seven years. John Barrett, the U.S. diplomatic representative in Venezuela, disclosed the information in an official statement published on the U.S. Embassy’s X account in Caracas. According […]

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U.S.-Owned Company Renegotiates Contract With Venezuela to Add 672 Megawatts to the Power Grid

Reuters — Energy company IMPSA has made progress in renegotiating a contract to develop and rehabilitate two key hydroelectric projects in Venezuela, a move that could add up to 672 megawatts of generating capacity to the national power grid in the coming months, company President Jorge Salcedo told Reuters. More than a decade ago, IMPSA—originally […]

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Caracas to Host Energy Summit Aimed at Attracting Up to $100 Billion in Investment

The Daily Journal — Venezuela is preparing to host the Venezuela Energy Week international summit in October 2026, an energy-sector gathering through which the country hopes to attract up to $100 billion in investment as part of its strategy to revive the oil industry. The event will take place in Caracas from October 26 to […]

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Diosdado Cabello Denies Alleged Meeting Between Delcy Rodríguez and María Corina Machado

The Daily Journal — Diosdado Cabello, secretary-general of Venezuela’s ruling United Socialist Party (PSUV), denied rumors of a secret meeting between Acting President Delcy Rodríguez and opposition leader María Corina Machado. During the party’s weekly press conference, Cabello dismissed reports circulating on social media and digital platforms, describing them as opposition attempts to create false […]

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Erdoğan and Delcy Rodríguez Seek to Increase Trade to $3 Billion Following Meeting in Istanbul

The Daily Journal — The governments of Turkey and Venezuela agreed to deepen economic and commercial cooperation during a meeting held Monday between Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the Dolmabahçe Presidential Office in Istanbul. According to the Turkish Presidency, both sides reviewed mechanisms to expand bilateral trade and […]

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PDVSA Retirees Demand Overhaul of Healthcare System and Payment of Labor Liabilities

The Daily Journal — Retired workers of state-owned oil company PDVSA in Falcón state, western Venezuela, urgently called for an overhaul of the corporation’s healthcare system and warned that they could take their protests to the company’s headquarters in Caracas if management fails to address their healthcare and wage-related demands. During a general assembly at […]

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Consecomercio Proposes a Free Trade Agreement Between Venezuela and the United States

The Daily Journal — José Gregorio Rodríguez, president of Consecomercio, said the business association raised the possibility of exploring a free trade agreement between Venezuela and the United States during a meeting with U.S. Chargé d’Affaires in Venezuela John Barrett, describing the initiative as an issue “that interests all of us.” Rodríguez explained that the […]

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Venezuelan Prison Observatory Reports the Death of 21 Inmates Since April

EFE.— The NGO Venezuelan Prison Observatory (OVP) reported on Monday the death of a man held in a prison facility in Sucre state (northeastern Venezuela), bringing the number of people who have died in state custody since April to 21, according to the organization. “How many more deaths must occur before authorities acknowledge the humanitarian […]

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The Outcome of a Drift: The Urgent Need to Reclaim Politics for Everyone

Héctor Sánchez, Sociologist — Venezuela’s crisis has reached a point of exhaustion that goes far beyond a simple struggle for power. Following the consolidation of an imposed system that distorted the nation’s fundamental principles, the country’s reality reveals a systemic failure brought about by all its elites. This arrangement laid the groundwork for the institutional […]

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Venezuela’s Lilibeth Chacón Wins Fourth Vuelta a Colombia Femenina Title

The Daily Journal — Latin American cycling added a golden chapter to its history on Sunday, June 7, as riders completed the six demanding stages of the 11th edition of the Women’s Tour of Colombia. Venezuelan cyclist Lilibeth Chacón claimed the overall title, secured her fourth championship, and became the most successful rider in the […]

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