The Daily Journal. — Interim President Delcy Rodríguez sent an official communication to the National Assembly on Monday, September 28, requesting a “partial reform of the Constitutional Law Against Hate, for Peaceful Coexistence and Tolerance.” The National Constituent Assembly approved the legislation in November 2017. In a letter to National Assembly President Jorge Rodríguez, the […]
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The Daily Journal. — Venezuela needs to review the tax burden on its hydrocarbon industry to compete for international investment, according to Cristina Tovar, executive president of the Venezuelan Hydrocarbons Association (AVHI), who noted that the sector once operated under a government take of as much as 93%. “We came from a flat 93% government […]
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The Daily Journal. — Months have passed since the U.S. military intervention in Venezuela, yet the promise of improved living conditions for Venezuelans remains unfulfilled. The independent movement of workers, retirees, and pensioners is demanding from the interim administration the same measures it previously demanded from Nicolás Maduro: a general increase in wages and pensions […]
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The Daily Journal. — The international oil industry is once again turning its attention to Venezuela, with an agenda focused on new investment opportunities, particularly in the natural gas sector, as environmental commitments and the cleanup of longstanding environmental liabilities emerge as major challenges for the energy industry. Some 650 delegates from 30 countries are […]
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The Daily Journal. — The United States updated on Monday the licensing framework governing certain commercial and investment activities related to Venezuela’s oil, gas, petrochemical, and electricity sectors through General Licenses 46E, 48D and 49B issued by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). The new provisions replace previous versions of those […]
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The Daily Journal.- Former political prisoner and former mayor of the Simón Rodríguez municipality in Anzoátegui state, Ernesto Paraqueima, proposed that royalties from oil production in Venezuela should remain in producing states and advocated for greater decentralization of resources as part of a proposal aimed at moving toward a federal model. “Royalties from oil production […]
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The Daily Journal – Foro Penal, an NGO that provides legal defense for political prisoners in Venezuela, confirmed that authorities have released 20 detainees since Friday, the day the second round of U.S.-backed talks between Chavismo and the opposition concluded. Those released include at least six people linked to the failed maritime attack against the […]
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The Daily Journal.- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called last Saturday for the “prompt release” of Nicolás Maduro, who remains in a New York prison after U.S. forces captured him during a military operation in Caracas earlier this year. “We insist on the prompt release of the Venezuelan leader and his wife, and that such […]
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The Daily Journal.- In the last remnants of seasonal forest still standing in Venezuela’s western plains, a unique species is racing against time and extinction. The brown spider monkey, scientifically known as Ateles hybridus, is a Neotropical primate with long limbs and a prehensile tail that has alarmingly earned a place among the world’s 25 […]
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Luis Vilchez Venezuela’s men’s national soccer team spent much of its history in obscurity. Indifference and unfamiliarity were its constant companions throughout the 20th century. Until Richard Páez, the father of the “Vinotinto Boom,” arrived, the team inspired little passion. From that moment on, it became a social phenomenon and a symbol of unity in […]
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