Not Even the Threat of a “Super El Niño” Makes Droughts Sexy Disasters

Everything points to unusually warm Pacific waters during the 2026–2027 period, which for Venezuela means less water and more heat. International organizations urge countries to prepare. Vanessa Davies No photographs capture the delivery of household goods to replace what people lost. Politicians cannot kiss grandmothers for the cameras. No rivers drag away vehicles, and no […]

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Venezuela Reports Record Coffee Harvest of 4 Million Quintals

The Daily Journal. — Venezuela recorded a coffee harvest of approximately four million quintals during the 2025–2026 cycle, interim president Delcy Rodríguez announced this weekend, attributing the result to stronger community production organizations and government support for the agricultural sector. The announcement took place during the First Meeting of the 2026 Communal Coffee Plan, held […]

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Universities Generate Knowledge and Also Want  to Produce “Money” Through a Special Economic Zone

Professor  Dilio  Hernández,  director  of  the  UCV  Center  for  Research  and  Prospective  Analysis,  proposes  incorporating  both  public  and  private  universities.  The  project  is  advancing under the framework of the Organic Law on Special Economic Zones. By Vanessa Davies  The  “house  that  conquers  the  shadows”  seeks  to  overcome  not  only  the  specters  of  every  kind  looming  […]

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AP: Trump Orders Halt to Investigations Against Delcy Rodríguez

The  Daily  Journal.-  According  to  an  exclusive  report  by  The  Associated  Press  (AP) ,  the  administration  of  President  Donald  Trump  “quietly  instructed  federal  prosecutors  in  Miami  to  avoid  opening  or  advancing  criminal  investigations  against  Venezuela’s  acting  president, Delcy Rodríguez.” According  to  the  U.S.  news  agency,  the  current  Venezuelan  leader  “has  for  years  been  a person  of  […]

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Miami Herald: U.S. Department of Justice Opens Second Case Against Maduro for Money Laundering

The  Daily  Journal.-  According  to  the  Miami  Herald ,  the  U.S.  Department  of  Justice  has  opened  a  second  investigation  against  Nicolás  Maduro, this  time  focused  on  “possible  financial  crimes.”  This  new  case,  being  pursued  from  South  Florida,  raises  the  possibility  that  Maduro  could  face  “additional  charges  beyond  the  narcoterrorism  and  weapons  accusations already pending against him […]

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Venezuelan Physicist Ismardo Bonalde Wins the 2026 “Bernard Coqblin” International Prize

The  Daily  Journal .-  Dr.  Ismardo  Bonalde  has  been  awarded  the  prestigious 2026   “Bernard  Coqblin”  International  Physics  Prize ,  according  to  the  Venezuelan  Institute  for Scientific Research (IVIC)  .  The  Venezuelan  physicist  was  recognized  for  “his  exceptional  contributions  in  the  field of Strongly Correlated Electron Systems (SCES).”  The  award  honors  the  memory  of  renowned  French  physicist […]

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WSJ: French Banker Matthieu Pigasse to Lead Venezuelan Debt Restructuring

The  Daily  Journal.-  The  American  newspaper  The  Wall  Street  Journal  (WSJ)  reported  that  French  banker  Matthieu  Pigasse  will  lead  the  restructuring  process  of  Venezuela’s  external  debt, estimated at around $150 billion  .  According  to  the  newspaper,  the  Venezuelan  government  hired  the  U.S.  firm  Centerview  Partners ,  where  Pigasse  is  one  of  the  leading  figures,  to  […]

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Venezuela becomes India’s fourth-largest oil supplier

EFE.–  Venezuela  has  become  the  fourth-largest  supplier  of  oil  to  India  in  May  and  April,  behind  Russia,  the  United  Arab  Emirates  (UAE),  and  Saudi  Arabia,  at  a  time  when  the  Asian  country’s energy security is under pressure due to the war in the Middle East.  India  imported  319.2  thousand  barrels  per  day  (kbd)  of  Venezuelan  […]

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ExxonMobil Returns to Venezuela

Julio A. López, Editor-in-Chief.- According to highly reliable sources linked to the U.S. Department of Energy, the American government has reportedly reached an agreement with ExxonMobil to facilitate its return to oil production activities in Venezuela. The move could become one of the most symbolic and strategic developments in the global energy industry. As discreet […]

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